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NORTHAMPTON'S 
FIRST CITIZEN 




HIS EXCELLENCY CALEB STRONG^ 
Eleven Times Elected 
Governor of Massachusetts 
United States Senator Seven Years 



LL.D 



THE MEADOW CITY'S 

©uarteri^illnmial IBooh 

A Memorial of the Chi.ebration of the 

Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary 

of the Settlement of the Town of 

Northampton : Massachusetts 

June 5th, 6th and 7th, 1904 




A Mighty Hand, from an exhanslless urn, 
Pours forth the never-ending Flood of Years 

Bryant 



Prepared and Published by Direction of the City of Northampton 



HKRE struck the seed — the Pilgrims' roofless town; 
Where equal rights and equal bonds were set ; 
\\'here all the people equal franchised met ; 
Where doom was writ of privilege and crown ; 
Where human breath blew all the idols down ; 
Where crests were naught, where vulture flags were furled, 
And common men began to own the world. 



Give praise to others, early come or late, 

For love and labor on our Ship of State ; 

But this must stand, above all fame and zeal : 

The Pilgrim Fathers laid the ribs and keel. 

On these strong lines we base our social health — 

The Man — the Home — the Town — the Commonwealth! 



John Boyle O'Reilly's Poem, Dedication of 
Nationiil Monument at i'lynioiith. Mass.. 1889. 



MAR 2 1906 
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PIONEER SETTLERS OF THE PLANTA 
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SCENDANTS AND SUCCESSORS IN THE 

€o\un of j5ortl)ampton 

And the Citizens 
of the 

Citv of i8ortl)ampton 

to whose Character, AbiUty, Industry and Enterprise 

through the Two Hundred and Fifty Years 

of the Existence of the Munici 

paUty are due 



ITS HONORABLE AND DISTINGUISHED HISTORY AND ITS 
PAST AND PRESENT PROSPERITY 



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MOST FAMOUS MINISTER 




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UR fathers' God, from out whose hand 
The centuries fall like grains of sand, 
We meet to-day, united, free, 
And loyal to our land and Thee, 
To thank Thee for the era done. 
And trust Thee for the opening one. 



O, make Thou us, through centuries long, 
In peace secure, in justice strong; 
Around our gift of freedom draw 
The safeguards of Thy righteous law, 
And, cast in some diviner mould. 
Let the new cycle shame the old. 

WHITTIER 




The " () I. u C II r k I II , " i S i 2 - i S 7 6 
The Charm of the Tnwn 




INTRODUCTION 



THIS book was not intended to be a history of North- 
ampton, and yet it contains, in the pages following — 
in the various addresses and the work of the historical 
committees of the great Ouarter-Millennial Celebration — most 
of the essential and important facts which people will care 
to know regarding such history. For further information, those 
searching for details are referred to those superlatively valuable 
works, the manuscripts of Sylvester Judd and Trumbull's His- 
tory of Northampton. 

Aside from the history of a memorable Celebration and its 
illustrations of that event, this book will be found especially 
valuable for its reproduction of portraits of old-time worthies 
and prominent li\'ing citizens of Northampton. This city has 
no "Hall of Fame" for its great men of the past, but an impos- 
ing roll of honor has certainly been made from the list of local 
notabilities named in these pages. It is much to be regretted 
that portraits could not be obtained of such men as General Seth 
Pomeroy, whose memory has been so greatly honored by the 
great sister state of New York; of !\Iaior Joseph Hawley, the 
pure patriot and friend of common school education; Flon. Eli P. 
Ashmun, one of Northampton's contributions to the United States 
Senate; Rev. Solomon Stoddard, Colonel John Stoddard and Hon. 
Lewis Strong. It would have been most fitting if iMMtraits of 
these men of honorable fame and large influence in the making 
of the town's history could have been gi\-en in this volume, and 
the present and future generations will no doubt greatly regret 
the inability to produce them. 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



It should not be assumed that the portraits of all the nota- 
ble men of the town that were available are given in these pages. 
The committee were both surprised and pleased to find so many 
that they could use — so many in fact that a large book might 
be filled with them, with brief references to their many virtues. 
It therefore became a disturbing question, Whose portraits should 
be given and whose omitted ? Doubtless some that have been 
omitted are equally worthy of a place in the volume with some 
whose portraits are given. But, for obvious reasons, the com- 
mittee had to be content with a consensus of the opinion of 
their own members, on this point. 

It will probably be recognized how impracticable it would 
be, in a work of this character, to give biographical sketches of 
the subjects of portrait. The aim of the compilers of this work 
was simply, in this respect, to supplement the labors of the his- 
torians of the past, by adding to their work such portraits as 
might well have accompanied their text; showing that such por- 
traiture, together with that of the representative men of today, is 
a worthy and important part of Northampton's history for the 
past two hundred and fifty years. 

For information as to the lives of the old worthies of the past, 
whose portraits are given in this work, reference m.ay be had to 
"Northampton Historicals and Antiquities," by Rev. Solomon 
Clark; the historical and biographical works of Sylvester Judd 
and James R. Trumbull, as also to that embodied in the "History 
of the Connecticut Valley," published by a Philadelphia print- 
ing house. Upon perusing these works, the obvious impossi- 
bility of reproducing such information, even in part, in these 
limited pages, will appear at once. As to giving herein sketches 
of our local living worthies, that will be seen to have been 
equally impracticable, as well as out of taste, especially as local 
contemporaneous history has yet to be written, and the object 
of this work is simply to make a general memorial tribute to 
prominent citizens who have contributed to the building up of 
the results of the last two hundred and fifty years. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



The Committee, in the progress of their work, imbibed some- 
thing of the "spirit of the occasion." The Celebration was itself 
founded upon sentiment — love of home and native land and 
reverence of an honored ancestry — and tliis has led the c()m])ilers 
to make liberal quotations from some of the great authors, of 
sentiments appropriate to the Celebration and this volume. In 
this we have followed no precedent, l)ut have, rather, made a 
precedent of our own. We trust that these inspiring cjuotations 
will meet with a fitting response from every reader. 

The Committee are indebted to Miss Katherine E. McClellan, 
Walter A. Sheldon, the Knowlton Brothers, Charles H. Howard 
and Amand J. Schillare of this city, and many pri\-ate individ- 
uals, for valuable photographs, and to Edgar J. Lazelle of 
vSpringfield for a representation of the bronze relief of wSt. 
Gaudens' sculpture work on the head of that beloved son of 
Hampshire, Dr. Josiah Gilbert Holland. 

It has been the aim of the Committee to produce a volume 
that, in print and binding, in size and clearness of type, and in 
every mechanical excellence, as well as in completeness of record 
and value of illustrations, would be a credit to the city and an 
enduring pleasure to its people. 

With reference to the mechanical execution of the work, 
this fact seems worthy of mention. It is rarely the case that 
a book of this character is completed entirely within the walls 
of one establishment. Yet this is the case with this work. 
All the engraving and some of the designs were drawn, and 
the printing and binding were done, in the publishing house of 
The F. A. Bassette Co., in Springfield, Mass., and in the 
absence of the usual printers' imprint on the back of the title 
page, it seems that credit for the superior results obtained 
is justly due. 

The origin and organization of the Committee are referred 
to in the latter part of this work, as a part of the matter related 
intimately to the Celebration itself, and this Introduction is 
simply the usual means taken for explanation concerning certain 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



matters elsewhere narrated, which might not otherwise be clearly 
understood. It should also be said that the work of gathering 
and preparing the material for the volume has of necessity 
proceeded slowlv, in order to insure accuracy and completeness. 
It is the hope of the Committee that this record will prove to be 
acceptable to the people of the city, not only of today, but of 
future years. .\s the years roll by, gathering in increasing num- 
ber and forceful character, let it be said, with none to dispute, 
that the men and women of this and the past generations in 
Northampton performed their part in the history of their times 
with such success and honor as to command the approval and 
admiration of those who shall come after them. 

Respectfully submitted by the Committee of Publication. 

Henry S. Gere, CJiainuan 
Egbert I. Clapp 
Chaukxey H. Pierce 
Charles F. Warner, Secretary 




DR. HOLLAND LIVED HERE 




Dr. J o S I A U G 1 I. K K R T II I) I. I. A N I) 
Author of "K.uhrina," "Bitter-Sweet," etc. 




UEEN village of the meads, 
Fronting the sunrise and in beauty throned, 
With jeweled homes around her lifted brow. 
And coronal of ancient forest trees, 
Northampton sits and rules her pleasant realm; 
There, where the saintly Edwards heralded 
The terrors of the Lord, and men bowed low 
Beneath the menace of his awful words; 
And there, where Nature, with a thousand tongues, 
Tender and true, from vale and mountam top. 
And smiling streams, and landscapes piled afaV, 
Proclaimed" a gentler gospel, I was born. | 

From "Kathrina," by Josi.\h Gilbert Holland. 



THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF 
SETTLEMENT /// the FIRST CHURCH 



SUNDAY EVENINC; : *!l>ftobrr (EUifutv J^intl), 1854 



TW'U hundred years had passed since the settlement of the town 
of Northampton before any notice was taken of tlie event, so 
far as there is any record. It remained for the Rev. Dr. Will- 
iam Allen, a former president of Bowdoin college, and later a citizen 

of Northampton, residing on King 
street, to initiate and carr\- to comple- 
tion a fitting though un])rctentious 
recognition of the anniversary. Dr. 
Allen was then in his 7 2d year, a man 
of striking personal appearance, with 
long, flowing locks of gray hair, 
and the bearing of a re])resentative 
of antiquity. He was about the only 
man in the town who took an active 
interest in celebrating the anniver- 
sary, and to him, by general consent, 
the task was given of preparing an 
address suitable to the occasion and 
carrying out the details of the under- 
taking. Dr. Allen had a high resi)ect 
for the people of our past generations 
and a full appreciation of the great 
work thev had accomplished, and 
he entered upon his task with much 

Kuv. Wn.i.iAM Allen, D.D. enthusiasm. 

On the evening of Sunda}', Oct. 29, 
1854, he delivered his address to an audience that nearly tilled the 
Old Church, notwithstanding the weather was unfavorable. The ser- 
vices were of a character appropriate to such an occasion, most of 
the local ministers participating. Rev. John P. Hubbard of the Epis- 
copal Church gave the invocation and read from the Scriptures; a choir 
of old folks sang an original hymn prepared for the occasion by Dr. 
Allen, and also sana: several other hvmns during the evening; Re\'. Dr. 





John Clarke 
Founder of Clarke Library and Clarke School for the Deaf 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 



John P. Clcaveland, pastor of the Old (dnn-e-h, ofTercd prayer; Dr. AUen 
gave his address, which occupied two hours in dehvery; Rev. Gordon 
Hall, pastor of the Edwards Church, offered ])rayer, and then followed 
the reading of letters from Benjamin Tappan of vSteubenville, Ohio, 
John and Charles Tappan of Boston, and Lewis Tappan of Brooklyn, 
sons of Benjamin Tai)pan, who from 1768 to his decease in iS^r, was 
a leading Northampton merchant; and Charles vStoddard of Boston, a 
grandson of Col. John Stoddard and great-grandson of Rev. Solomon 
Stoddard, the second minister of Northampton. 

These letters were read l)y Rev. Dr. George G. Ingersoll, a tem])o- 
rary pastor of the Unitarian Church. They are very interesting and were 
listened to with great interest. Dr. Allen's address, notwithstanding its 
great length, was listened to with much satisfaction, and was i)ublishcd 
in a pamphlet with other historical and genealogical matter, the whole 
filling fifty-six pages of small print. Dr. Allen .spoke of the early hi.story 
of the town, its first settlement and the Indians, mentioned the first 
ministers and some of the distinguished men who have lived here and 
others who had gained honor in different and wider fields, and concluded 
with an appeal to the men of the ])resent generation to cherish the ])rinci- 
ples planted and sustained by our fathers. 

The letters read on this occasion were ])ublished in the Hauipshire 
Gazette of Jan. 23, 1855, and fill four columns of close print. The writers 
were at that time old men, the age of Benjamin Tappan being eighty- 
four years. They gave many interesting facts about the town, of a 
reminiscent character, and have a historical value that will never fade. 
The scope and limit of this Memorial Volume forbid the quoting at 
length from these letters, but the hope may be expressed that the time 
will come when they will be given to the public in a more convenient 
form. 




Who has not felt how sadly sweet 

The dream of home, the dream of home. 

Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet. 
When far o'er sea or land we roam? 

Moore. 



Kindlier to me the place of birth 

That first my tottering footsteps trod; 

There may be fairer spots on earth. 

But all their glories are not worth 
The virtue of the native sod. 

Lowell 



Breathes there a man with soul so dead. 
Who never to himself hath said 

This is my own, my native land; 
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, 
As home his footsteps he hath turned, 

FronT wandering on a foreign strand "'' 

Scott. 



Home of our childhood ! How affection clings 
And hovers around thee with seraph wings ! 
Dearer thy hills, though clad in russet brown, 
Than fairer summits which the cedars crown ! 
Sweeter the fragrance of thy summer breeze 
Than all Arabia breathes along the seas ! 
The stranger's gale wafts home the exile's sigh, 
For the heart's temple is its own blue sky. 

Holmes. 



There is a land of every land the pride, 
Beloved bv Heaven o'er ,all the world beside. 



'Where shall that land, that spot of earth, be found ?' 
Art thou a man? — a patriot? — look around; 
O, thoti shalt find, where'er thy footsteps roain, 
That land thy country, and that spot thy home! 

Montgomery. 



TWO HUNDRED &r FIFTIETH ANNI 
VERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF 
NORTHAMPTON: MASSACHUSETTS 



SUNDAY, MONDAY iff TUESDAY: jflimc 5. 6 an P 7, 1904 
THE BEGINNING 

IT was not until the winter of 1903 that any decided move was made 
toward celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the 
settlement of Northampton. The venerable editor of the Hamp- 
shire Gazette, Henry S. Gere, had called attention, in his pai)er, to the 
importance of the aj)iJroaching event and the desirability of celebrating 
it in a suitable manner, but nothing was done about it, officialh- or 
otherwise, by the city government or citizens. Very few people appeared, 
at first, to realize the importance of the anniversarv, and, though it was 
generally conceded that some action should be taken, no one seemed 
willing to shoulder the resi.)onsibility of " starting' the ball rolling." 
There was the fear of being considered over-officious, the lack of time 
which any one man must necessarily give to the leadership of such an 
enterprise, and, finally, the possibility of failure and ridicide therefor. 
In this state of feeling probably the best thing was done that could l)e 
done. A petition w^as circulated in every part of the city, with a view to 
obtaining the names of so large a number of rej^resentative professional 
and business men and general property owners, as would l)ring respect 
and dignity to an apjjcal to the City Council for action. 

This petition was circulated during the winter of 1903, and received 
several hundred signatures, with hearty accompanying words of a])proval 
to the bearer of the paper, m most cases. 



The following statement, from the chairman of the committee on 
publication of this book, explains itself, and is inserted by vote of the 
committee : 

Fortunatelv, in this emergency, the man for the time appeared in 
Charles F. Warner, a descendant of on-- of the early settlers of the town, 
who started a petition to the city authorities, asking them to take action 
towards a celebration. He ])repared and circulated the petition him- 




John P a y s o n W i l i. i s t o n 
A Liberal Benefactor of the Town 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



self and readily obtained the names of about 340 citizens, representing 
the professional, business and progressive ])ortions of our ])eople, and 
from that beginning sprung the celebration wliich has been the jiride of 
every friend of Northam])ton, both at home and abroad, and whicli will 
ever remain a source of satistaction to all the coming generations of 
the municipality. 

Henry S. Gerk, 

(luiirnhiii oj I'nhlicalion (.'onimitice. 



The ])etition was laid before the City Council A])ril 30, igo^, and 
will be found following: 



THE PETITION 



To iJic Honorable, the Mayor, the Board of AUicrmcu , an, I llic ('ounuou 
L'oinicil, oj the City oj Xortham ptoii , Mass.: 

The undersigned, citizens of Northampton, respectfull>- rei)rcsent, 
that the coming vear, 1904, will mark the two hundred and fiftieth, or 
quarter-millennial, anniversary of the settlement of Northampton; and, 
whereas, it is fitting, patriotic' and desirable that the people of this city 
should recognize the event in some proper public manner; and, whereas, 
the Legislature of this State has, by Chapter 109, of the Acts of 1902, 
given towns and cities the power to appropriate money for the observance 
of "Old Home Week," in the last week of the month of July: 

Your petitioners, the undersigned, therefore ask your honorable 
bodies to take steps, by the appointment of a committee of both boards, 
with the mavor a member ex-officio, and a committee of three or more 
citizens to V)e named bv the Mayor, to act together m formulating a 
plan for the combined celebration of "Old Home Week" and the 250th 
Anniversary of the settlement of Northampton, during the last week of 
July 1904, or at such other time as may be deemed suitable, said com- 
mittee to have permission to call upon such other citizens for sub-com- 
mittees in executive capacity, as may be necessary. And, to the end 
that such celebration shall l)e a fitting, comprehensive and ])roper one, 
your petitioners ask that such committee be appointed at once, that 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



they may have ample time to make the great anniversary one worthy 
of the historic interest which is attached to the city by the country 
at large, and commensurate with the pride possessed in her by her 
sons and daughters. 



Sidney E. Bridgman 
Joseph Marsh 
Christopher Clarke 
Charles H. Dickinson 
L. Clark Seelye 
Chauncey H. Pierce 
Oscar Edwards 
Warren M. King 
Edward P. Copeland 
George L. Wright 
Henry S. Gere 
James H. Searle 
John A. Sullivan 
William H. Jones 
Edwin T. Hervey 
Albert M. Fletcher 
Augustus B. Graves 
Thomas Gilfillan 
William W. Lee 
George Tucker 
Edward E. Wood, Jr. 
William F. Pratt 
Joseph C. Williams 
John R. Hillman 
Henry G. Maynard 
Avon C. Matthews 
Edwin C. Clark 
Winthrop Delano 
William H. Strong 
Frederick A. Dayton 
Henry E. Maynard 
David B. Whitcomb 
Waldo H. Whitcomb 
Edward N. Foote 
Frank H. Warren- 
Jacob H. Carfrey 
William C. Day 
Fred Simpson 
Nathaniel W. Farrar 
George L. Marsh 
Matthew Carroll 
Frederick E. Chase 
John W. Lyman 
William E. Shannon 



Robert B. Graves 
Benjamin E. Cook 
Francis A. Cook 
A. Lyman Williston 
Robert L. Williston 
Frederick N. Kneeland 
Watson L. Smith 
Robert E. Edwards 
Charles N. Clark 
Samuel B. Parsons 
Joseph B. Parsons 
John L. Draper 
John C. Hammond 
Frederic A. Macomber 
George H. Sergeant 
Robert M. Branch 
J. Howe Demond 
Charles E. Till 
Edwin W. Higbee 
Edson p. Clark 
Levi Brooks 
Frederick T. Atkins 
William C. Pomeroy 
Frank S. Pomeroy 
Charles H. Heald 
Henry L. Williams 
Robert G. Williams 
Patrick H. Gallen 
Luther C. Wright 
John Metcalf 
Myron L. Kidder 
Charles B. Kingsley 
Arthur L. Thayer 
John L. Warner 
Fred M. Crittenden 
William A. Clark 
Andrew T. Miller 
William H. Todd 
George H. Walker 
William P. Strickland 
Louis L. Campbell 
A. Fitch Bromley 
Charles S. Pratt 
Herbert R. Gr.wes 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSI'.TTS 



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John C. Mangan 
James H. Huntington 
George S. Gere 
William J. Bray 
John M. Benson 
"Edward P. Hall 
J. DwiGiiT Kellogg 
John P. Thompson 
-Calvin Coolidge 
Frederick W. Be.\ii:xt 
William H. Feikek 
John T. Keating 
Theobald M. Connor 
Charles A. MoNTooMiiKv 
Peter McHugii 
Herbert E. Rilev 
Everett C. Stone 
Alfred G. Carlicv 
Ernest W. Hardy 
Egbert I. Clapp 
Thomas F. IKtrns 
James Masterson 
Frederick M. Starkweather 
Harry C. Crafts 
William H. RilivY 
Carlos C. Ti^acy 
Oscar W. JCdwards 
John L. Matii1':r 
Osmore O. Roberts 
John T. Dewey 
James O. Morin 
John A. Ross 
David S. RAMSA^• 
Thomas Munrol vSiiicphhrd 
William J. La Fliutr 
Clarence K. 11i)ih;kins 
Clayton S. J 'arsons 
George F. Hillman 
Homer C. Ciiapin 
Charles L. Crittenden 
Seth S. Warner 
David J. Wright 
Byron L. Towne 
Henry N. Ferry 
Sydenham N. Ferry 
Dwight B. Kelton 
William C. Phelps 
Hubbard M. Aisbott 
Robert W. Lyman 
William H. Clapp 
William Ropixson 



Thomas S. Crafts 
I'vDWARi) Iv. I^'inn 
Georgic I L Smith 
Charles II. liowKicR 

GeORGI' I). Cl,.\RK 
WiLI.lA.M L. ClIII.SON 

1'>dw.\i-;d C. Ciici-:!: 

AXDRICW p. I I. \\ COCK 

John B. Rii,i;\- 
Georgf; I). Hkiscoi.L 
Leonard L. P>.\ij, 
linwARi) W. BL.\xciii--|i:i.!, 
Edward \V. J^rown 
James McKa\- 
Kirk H. Stoxic 

CaLVIX B. IiD\V.\RI)S 

Noah H. Lee 
Henry N. Brewster 
William Godfrey 
George Watson Cl.vrk 
Imiwin H. Banistisr 

RoDICRICK M. STARKWI-:.\Tili:R 

(jicorge C. Foster 
Charles A. Foster 
Jamics M. Pierce 

Cn.\RI.ES M. KlXXEY 

William R. Holliday 
Hexrv Jones 
Robert McNaughton 
Charles A. Pierce 
Charles W. Pierce 
Ali;I';rt G. Pjeckmaxx 
RiCII.VRD B. lusoLD 
Gi':or(;e R. Turxer 
WiLLi.\M K. Staak 

AXSICL V. AXDEK. ox 
HeRM.VX XlICTSCIlE 

ICdw.xrd ( ). Damon 
CiiARLiis 1 1. Sawyer 
CiiEsTicR W. French 
J.MRUs K. Clark 
P up: LPS & Gare 
M. M. Jmucxcii e\.- Cn. 
Alfricd G. 1'earixg 
Louis J". Rudicr 

AmAND J. vScilll.L.VRE 

Frank 1^^ D.vyis 

I^LLIS ]i. CuRRIIiR 

Joseph H. Rii.icy 
Herbert A. Wis well 
Albert E. Addis 









b A iM U E L 



Founder of Cosmian Hall, Florence Kindergarten and Florence 
Higli School Hocse 



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11 



Frank W. Woodwarh 
William E. Coonev 
John B. O'Donnell 
George F. Edwards 
David C. Crafts 
John F. Lambie 
Richard A. Cowing 
Homer O. Adams 
Louis Z. Dragon 
Robert F. AKMSTRf)N(; 
Marcus Cohn 
Charles \Y. Kinnev 
Frederick Kinnev 
William F. Godfrey 
RoswELL F. Putnam 
Flm ]•:[-; P. Harvey 
G. Henry Clark 
Walter L. Stevens 
Adolphe Menard 
William A. Bailey 
WiLMOT L. Clark 
Edwin B. Emerson 
Thomas F. McGrath 
Herman A. Despault 
John E. Bates 
George F. Harlow 
Collins H. Gere 
Oliver Walker 
George L. Metcalf 
Frank E. Clark 
Charles W . Whiting 
Eugene E. Davis 
Joseph N. Davenport 
John J. Raleic,ii 
Franklin S. Knowlton 
Wilbur F. Knowlton 
John M. Turner 
Frederick C. Shearn 
Phineas p. Nichols 
Sidney A. Clark 
Peter Sobotky 
Simon Rosenbaum 
Vernon E. Hastings 
Frank L Washburn 
Frank E. Shumway 
Louis B. Niquette 
Frank L. Clapp 
Alvin W. Clapp 
S. Dwight Drury 
Haynes H. Chilson 
George L. Harris 



Edward B. Strong 
Ralph L. P>ali)\vix 

IJeXRY T. k(XiE 

Chauncev E. Parsons 

Charles L. Feiker 

Alfricd H. Evans 

Richard W. Irwin 

Henry A. Kimball 

Arthur V. Nutting 

John S. Hitchcock 

Lucius wS. Davis 

Northampton cV Amiiicrst 
Street Railway Co., b\- 
Philip Witmericll, Trcas". 

Howard Clark 

Thomas H. Ewixg 

John Prince 

Albert H. Carpenter 

George Wright Clark 

James Goodwin 

Charles N. Fitts 

Luther G. Stearns 

Pierre C. Chatel 

Antime Fontaine 

Charles E. Williams 

Joseph A. Boudway 

Jonathan E. Collins 

Lewis D. Parsons 

Jonathan W. Arnold 

"Harry E. Bicknell 

Herbert C. Smith 

Edgar F. Crooks 

Dexter W. French 

George P. ()'I)().\nell 

Frank D. Barnes 

Luther A. Clark 

George W. Harlow 

William D. Maxdki.i. 

William M. Cochran 

Joseph Pickett 

Charles W. Phelps 

Silas E. Smith 

George W. Traphac.en 

James R. Gilfillax 

John B. Cardinal 

John F. Mariz 

Matthew Grog an 

Richard J. Rahar 

Patrick H. Di;wi;y 

TIMOTH^■ G. Spauldixc; 

WiLiJAM G. Bassictt 




A I, F R E D T . I, I L I. \- 
Founder of Lilly I.ihiary and Lilly Hall o[ Science 



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13 



Henry P. Field 
Henry R. Hinckley 
David W. C. Scates 
Arthur Watson 
George W. Cable 
Henry M. Tyler 
Benjamin C. Blodgett 
Orrin E. Livermore 
John A. Houston 
Edwin B. Story 
Frank X. Look 
Louis F. Plimpton 
George H. Ray 
Samuel W. Lee 
Omer M. Smith 
Homer C. Bliss 
William MacKenzie 
Arthur G. Hill 
John W. Bird 
Charles E. Gould 
William Gates 
Charles R. Farr 
Vernet E. Cleveland 



CiiARLics E. Herrick 
GicoRciE L. Beals 
Thomas A. Orcutt 
John C. Breaker 
Clayton E. Davis 
['hi LIP A. Otis 
GiioKGi' S. Graves 
CiiARLics (). Parsons 
Edwin B. Brewer 
Edward A. Haven 
Julius P. Maine 
'Walter W. Ross 
Stephen B. Fullicr 
Arthur M. Wari: 
Michael Coonev 
William A. Stevenson 
William H. Stevens 
James S. Conrov 
Clifford H. Lyma\ 
Edward E. Wood 
George S. Whitiseck 
Alvin M. Locke 
Charles Forbes Warnicr 




ACTION TAKEN ON PETITION h the 
COUNCIL AND IN MASS MEETING 

THE reference made to "Old Home Week," in the foregoing peti- 
tion, was prudential. Northampton had not, up to that time, 
taken any steps toward the observance of "Old Home Week," 
and this holiday season had then been established but a few years in the 
state; but it was deemed best to use the general term in the i)etition, 
for the purpose of both offering a warrant for an appropriation and 
gratifying those who might be pleased to consider a quarter-millennial 
celebration in the light of a home-coming and a concession to the "Old 
Home Week" sentiment. 

The petition, as presented to the Citv Council, met with the hearty 
approval of that body, and, under stispension of the rules, an order was 
passed authorizing the Mayor to appoint the committee-at-large asked 
for in the petition, and providing that said committee report to the 
Council what action might be necessary in th-^ premises. This was on 
April 30, 1903, and at a session of the City Council, held May 14, Mayor 
Hallett announced the appointment of most of the following committee, 
several names being added by him within a few days thereafter, to 
constitute the complete list, as follows: 

PRELIMINJRT COMMlTrEE OF A RR.i NGEMENTS 



L. Clark Seelye 
Samuel W. Lee 
Chauncey H. Pierce 
Henry S. Gere 
Frederick A. Dayton 
Edward N. Foote 
Matthew Carroll 
William H. Feiker 
Herbert E. Riley 
William H. Riley 
John L. Mather 
John T. Dewey 
Seth S. Warner 
John B. O'Donxell 
John F. Lambie 
William A. Bailey 



Robert G. Williams 

Pres. Board of Trade 
Philip Gleason 
Edwin H. Banister 
William A. Clark 
William G. Bassett 
William G. Sterling 
Hubbard M. Abbott 
Samuel B. Parsons 
Charles B. Kingsley 
Oscar Edwards 
Samuel Porter 
Charles A. Maynard 
Charles E. Herrick 
Edwin B. Emerson 
Alexander McCallum 



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15 



Louis B. Niquette 
Haynes H. Chilson 
Henry P. Field 
David W. C. Scates 
George H. Ray 
Benjamin E. Cook 
A. Lyman Williston 
John C. Hammond 
Patrick H. Gallen 
John S. Hitchcock 
Edgar F. Crooks 
Frank N. Look 
Theobald M. Connor 



Arthur G. Hill 
Henry A. Kimball 
Merri'it Clark 
Charles L. Imcikicr 
Lucius Dimock 
Oscar V. \i\.\ 

WiLLLXM OaTES 

William MacKenzie 
Charles H. Heald 
Louis L. Campbell 
John E. Bates 
Timothy G. Spaulding 
Arthur M. Ware 



William A. Stevenson 



SOCIETIES 

John P. Thompson, Com. W. L. Baker Post, No. 86, G. A. R. 
Katherine S. B„\rrett, Pres. Woman's Relief Cor])s, No. i8. 
Harry E. BicKNELL,Capt. George S. Bliss Camp, Sons of Veterans, Ko. 48. 
Martin S. Hardiman, Pres. Div. No. i. Ancient (3rder of Hil)crnians. 
James Davenport, M. W. Hampshire Lodge, No. 98, A. O. U. W. 
Charles Pellissier, M. W. College City Lodge, No. 219, A. (). C. W. 

Florence. 
Dennis Dowd, Pres. St. Mary's Branch, Cath. Knights of America, 

Florence. 
Miss Clara P. Bodman, Regent Betty Allen Chapter, Dau. Amer. Rev. 
Mrs. Hannah Martin, Pres. Daughters of St. George. 
Richard B. Eisold, Pres. German-American Citizens' Association. 
William A. Bailey, Pres. Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agr'l 

Society. 
George W. Cable, Pres. Home Culture Clubs. 

Paul Fitzgerald, Sachem Ca])awonke Tribe, Ind. Order of Red Men. 
Mortimer G. Sullivan. G. K. Knights of Columbus. 
Thomas F. McGrath, V. C. Amity Lodge, Knights of Fidelity and B. L. U 
George E. Douglass, Sir K. Commander Knights of Malta. 
Adolphe Menard, Pres. L'Union St. Joseph. 
Jairus E. Clark, Pres. Northampton Club. 
William H. Carson, Pres. Northampton Cricket Club. 
Arthur G. Doane, Pres. Northampton Cycle Club. 
Edward P. Copeland, Pres. Horticultural Society. 
Charles H. Sawyer, Pres. Northampton Rod and Gun Club. 




Judge Charles E. Forbes, LL.U, 
FoiindL-r of Forbes I.ibrarv 

FRdM TAHI.HT IN FORBES LIBRAKV 



IT HAS BEEN MY AIM TO PLACE WITHIN REACH OF THE INHABITANTS OF A 
TOWN IN WHICH I HAVE LIVED LONG AND PLEASANTLY THE MEANS OF LEARN- 
ING, IF THEY ARE DISPOSED TO LEARN, THE MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENTS OF 
MODERN THOUGHT AND TO ENABLE THEM TO JUDGE OF THE DESTINY OF THE 
HUMAN RACE ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RATHER THAN ON METAPHYSICAL 
EVIDENCE ALONE. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE 

CANNOT BE OVERRATED. — From the Will of Judoe Forbes. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 17 



Heinrich Drechsel, Pres. Northami)ton vSchiictzcnveroin. 

Henry L. Williams, Pres. Northamjjton Vocal Club. 

William Phillips, Master Northampton Grange, No. 138, P. of H. 

Arthur B. Van Slike, Regent, Florence Council, No. 1390, Royal Ar- 
canum. 

Joseph H. Carnall, Pres. Primrose Lodge, No. 166, Sons of vSt. Ocorge. 

Narcisse Paquin, Pres. St. John Baptist Society, No. 166. 

Mrs. David J. Condox, N. C. Florence Commanderv, No. 31, U. (). (j. S. 

Henry C. Warnock, Capt. Wish-ton-Wish Canoe Club. 

A. Fitch Bromley, General Sec'y Young Men's Christian Association. 

Frederick C. Ely, W. M. Jerusalem Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 

Charles H. Chase, E. C. Northampton Commandery Knights Tcm])]ar. 

Augustus B. Graves, N. G. Nonotuck Lodge, No. 61, L O. (). F. 

Willie H. Bruce, Com't Canton Meadow City, No. 29, L O. (). F. 

Mrs. Hattie A. Walker, N. G. Mary Lyon Rebekah Lodge, No. 62. 

George Connelly, C. R. Court Meadow City, No. 72, F. of A. 

David J. Moran, C. R. Duvernay Court, No. 93, F. of A. 

William J. Meehan, D. Florence Lodge, No. 1207, Knights of Honor. 

G. Henry Clark, C. C. Norwood Lodge, No. 98, Knights of Pxthias. 

John F. Ahearn, Pres. F. M. T. A. & B. Society. 

James Meehan, Pres. F. M. T. A. & B. Society, Florence. 

James M. Maloney, Pres. St. Mary's Temperance Society. 

Mrs. Myron L. Kidder, Honorary and Acting President W. C. T. U. 

Mrs. Henry W. Messier, Juliette Circle, No. 390 Comjianions of the 
Forest. 

Miss Ivah C. Keeler, C. C. Pride of Meadow Citv Circle, No. ^97, 
C. of F. 

Miss Margaret O'Brien, C. H. Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor. 

David Morin, Com. Knights of vSherwood Forest. 

EvoN F. Huebler, Pres. Steuben Lodge, German Order of Harugari. 

William Hayes, D. Elm City Lodge, Knights of Honor. 

Chester W. French, Cajjt. Company L M. V. M. 

TRADE UNIONS 

Willi. VM H. Finn, Pres. Barbers' Union. 

John T. O'Connor, Pres. Carpenters' LTnion. 

Michael V. Kelly, Pres. Central Labor LInion. 

Patrick W. Sullivan, Pres. Cigar Makers' Union, No. 396. 

Edward Martin, Pres. Grinders' Union, No 6. 




Dr. Pliny E a r l e 



Superintendent State Lunatic Hospital, iSf)4-i.s,S5. (lave nearly his entire 
estate for maintenance of Forbes Library 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 19 



Alfred Frost, Pres. Knife Forgers' Union, No. 165, I. B. of B. 

George W. Busch, Pres. Machinists' Union, No. 448. 

John Senser, Pres. Metal Polishers' Union, No. 139. 

Daniel J. McCarthy, Pres. Metal Pohshers' Union, No. 155. 

Oscar R. Hier, Pres. Tailors' Union, No. 168. 

Richard E. Davies, Pres. Plumbers' S. & G. V. Union, No. 64. 

Robert T. Newton, Pres. Retail Clerks' Union. 

Henry Charlebois, Pres. Textile Workers' Union, No. t88. 

Timothy J. Lynch, Pres. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. 

Frank A. Morin, Vice-Pres. of Musicians' Union. 



INDIVIDUALS 

Charles V. Warner Alfred T. Bliss 

I'rank E. Davis Richard W. Irwin 

(teorge D. Clark Edwin C. Clark 

Christopher Clarke Thomas M. Shepherd 

Watson L. Smith Emerson J. Smith 

John A. Houston, M.D. Prof. Harry N. Gardiner 

William W. Eee John J. Raleigh 

James H. Huntington Jacob H. Carfrey 

Christopher Seymour, M.D. Rev. John Kenny 

Rev. Henry T. Rose Rev. John C. Breaker 

Rev. Clement E. Holmes Rev. Noel Rainville 

Rev. Alfred Free Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham 

Rev. Robert F. Jones Rev. S. Allen Barrett 



John L. Warner, Collector of Taxes. 

Fred M. Starkweather, Chairman Assessors of Taxes. 

Henry E. Maynard, Chief of Police. 

George R. Turner, Inspector of Plumbing. 

George F. Birge, Superintendent of Streets. 

George W. Clark, City Treasurer. 



Henry C. Hallett 




S Y L \' E S T E R J U D D 

Antiquarian, Historian, Compiler of Judd Mannscriiits, 
Author Judd's History of Hadley 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 21 



BOARD OF ALDERMEN 

James W. Heffernan Lewis F. Babbitt 

Moses Bassett William Grant 

Edward J. Jarvis Michael J. McCarthy 

Dennis J. Meehan 



Egbert I. Clapp, Citv Clerk 



COMMON COUNCIL 

William H. Carson Arthur G. Doane 

John J. Kennedy George H. Drury 

Timothy McCarthy George Bliss McCallum 

Charles H. Chase Charles H. Eustis 

Sidney A. Clark Roderick M. Starkweather 

Henry Tessier Walter L. Stevens 

John Burke William F. Cooney 

Stephen M. Keough William J. Foran 

Michael W. Meehan William E. Welsh 

Charles S. Beals 

Andrew Faas 

George W. Hillier 
William E. Shannon, Clerk 



THE FIRST MEETING IN C IT T HALL 

The a]>i)Ointment of the foregoing committee-at-large was followed 
by the call, from City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, by direction of the Mayor- 
to meet in the Citv Hall Wednesday evening. May 27, 1903, to take 
action in the premises. This meeting was held at the time appointed, 
about sixty members of the committee being present. The Mayor pre- 
sided and Charles F. Warner was chosen secretary. Considerable enthu- 
siasm was shown in a quiet w^ay, and upon motion of George W. Cable. 
it was declared to be the sense of the meeting that a celebration should 
be had. Timothv G. Spaulding moved that a committee of fifteen be 




J A M K S R . T R U M R U I, L 

Editor Hampshire Gazette twenty-three years. Author Trumbull's 
History of Northampton 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 23 



appointed by the Mayor to formulate plans for a celebration, and 
report at a future meeting. This motion was carried without debate, 
and upon motion of Alfred T. Bliss of Florence it was voted that the 
committee when constituted should include in its membcrshi]) the fol- 
lowing named: Henry S. Gere, John B. O'Donnell, Edwin H. l^anister, 
Timothy G. vSpaulding and Egbert I. Clapp. The meeting then adjourned 
subject to the call of the committee of fifteen. This committee, as 
afterwards completed by the Mayor and notified bv the secretary, to 
meet, was constituted as follows: 

Timothy G. Spaulding George H. Ray 

Henry S. Gere Victor Rocheleau 

John B. O'Donnell L. Clark Seelye 

Egbert I. Clapp Samuel W. Lee 

Edwin H. Banister Edgar F. Crooks 

Edward P. Copeland Richard W. Irwin 

Thomas M. Shepherd Benjamin E. Cook 

Philip Gleason 



ORGANIZATION OF A PROVISIONAL 
C O M M I r TEE AND M A T R' S ADD R E S S 

Shortly following their appointment, the before-named provisional 
committee of fifteen met at the Common Council room, and appointed 
a sub-committee of three, consisting of Timothy G. Spaulding, Richard 
W. Irwin and Egbert I. Clapp, to report a scheme of permanent organi- 
zation and a program for the celebration. This sul)-committee s])ent the 
summer and fall months in investigating the matter of similar celebra- 
tions elsewhere, and were not able to report to the main committee 
until in January of the following year. In the meantime. Mayor Henry 
C. Hallett had been elected for a third term of office, and to him belongs 
the honor of inaking the first written and official suggestion that the 
year 1904 was the Quarter-Millennial year of the municipality, and that 
the 250th anniversary should be celebrated in an ample and generous 
manner. It is certain that if no one else appreciated — six months before 
the event — the magnitude and expense of a fitting celebration and the 
importance of it, Mayor Hallett did, for in his third inaugural message 
to the City Council, delivered Jan. 4, 1904, he made the following refer- 
ence to the matter: 



24 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

/' 

' "Few New England towns have a longer, and none a prouder, 
history than ours. The soil of Northampton, it is true, has been the 
scene of few of the events that are noted in history, and not over-many 
of her sons have achieved national fame. These facts, however, are but 
accidents of circumstance. For two hundred and fifty years Northampton 
has been a community of sturdy, industrious. God-fearing, sane and 
patriotic men and women; a splendid example of the rural New England 
communities, whose people have preserved and developed the Common- 
wealth and the Nation, and whose children have peopled the West. ^ 
"The recent publication of James R. Trumbull's History of Nortli- 
ampton has done much to awaken interest in local history. We have 
much to be grateful for that a man of so abundant industry and scholarly 
enthusiasm was moved to undertake this history and enabled to carry 
it so far toward completion; yet, in spite of this easily accessible source 
of information, lit is to be feared that too many of our people, especially 
those of the youilger generation, are lacking in knowledge of, and interest 
in, our local history/>This is no more true of Northampton than of other 
communities, and is due doubtless to the fact that attention has been 
so little directed to the matter. The history of the nation is taught, as 
it should be, in our schools, but little is known by our children of the 
particular history of Massachusetts and Northampton. I doubt if the 
names of John Stoddard, Seth Pomeroy, Joseph Hawley and Caleb 
Strong have any particular significance or any familiar sound in our 
schools, or even among many of our people. I trust that the coming 
anniversary may be made the occasion of the inauguration in our 
schools of a course in the history of our state and city. Such a course 
need not perhaps go further than a series of familiar talks by the teachers, 
but it should be sufficient to awaken and sustain an enthusiastic interest 
in our local history. The cultivation of local patriotism is not a thing 
which we can afford to neglect. If the coming celebration can be so 
arranged as to instill in us all a lasting appreciation of what the men 
and women of Northampton have achieved, this will not be the least 
of its benefits. 

"Several of our neighboring towns have, dtn-ing the past year, 
celebrated various anniversaries of their foundation in fitting stvle. 
Such celebrations are always expensive, but it is to be remembered that 
this particular one will not be repeated until two hundred and fifty 
years more have passed. If our own celebration is to take the rank to 
which the age of the community and the achievements of its people 
entitle it, there will be need of the expenditure of much time and much 
money. It is particularly our province to see that the latter is not 
lacking, and I therefore recommend to you that the committee in charge 
be forthwith provided with a very generous appropriation." 



REPORT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE 



ON January 20, 1904, the sub-commiitec were able to report to 
the provisional committee of fifteen virtually complete plans for 
the celebration. These plans were aecei)te(l by that com- 
mittee, and a meeting of the general committee was called for and held 
in the upper City Hall, January 23. 

At this meeting the Mayor designated the following additions to 
the general committee: (Jliver Dragon; Ward i, Homer O. Adams, 
Edgar J. Hebert; Ward 2, Abbot L. Gloyd; Ward 3, S. Wilham Clark, 
Arthur C. Herrick, James H. O'Dea; Ward 4, Clarence E. Hodgkins, 
Alfred J. Preece; Ward 5, John F. Mahar; Ward 6, Frederick A. Esta- 
brook, Alexander W. Ewing; Ward 7, Harry A. Stowell. 

The matter of preparing and publishing a Memorial Volume, de- 
scribing in detail the Celebration, with illustrations of the decorations, 
parade, and such other appropriate features of it as could be obtained, 
was discussed, on a motion offered by Henry S. Gere, that such a vol- 
ume be authorized at once and preparations for it begun immediateh'; 
but no action was taken in relation to it, further than to vote that City 
Clerk Clapp be authorized to keep a record of the doings of the jjrelimi- 
nary committees and collect all matters of interest in relation to the 
Celebration, the Executive and Finance Committee to determine as to 
the advisability of publishing such a work. 

The Executive and P'^inance Committee were authorized to apply 
to the City Council for an appropriation of $10,000, to carry out the 
Celebration, the plans for wdiich were at that time announced briefly 
as follows: 

For Sundav, June 5, suitaljle exercises in the city churches in the 
morning, and in the evening a concert for all the peo])le, with a];)propriate 
vocal and instrumental selections. 

Monday, indoor exercises at 10 a. m., including an address of wel- 
come and an oration; at 2 p. m., children's exercises, and in the evening 
a concert by the Northampton Vocal Clul), to be followed by a reception 
to the Governor of the state. 

Tuesdav, June 7, a civic and military parade at ten o'clock, to be 
followed at one o'clock by a banquet and after-dinner s])eaking. with 
fireworks in the evening. 

To carrv out this ]jrogram the Provisional Committee recommended 
that a temporary structure be erected, in which all indoor functions 




Edward H. R. Lyman 
Founder of Academy of Music 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 27 



should be held, and the question of where this structure should be located 
was announced as happily solved in the oft'er of the Forbes I^ibrary lot, 
by the trustees of the library. 

A recommendation was also made, that the towns of l*^asthamptf)n, 
Southampton and Westhampton be invited to join in the celebration, 
in such manner as should seem to them most fitting. 

In its rcjjort the Provisional Committee (jf hfteen described the 
duties of the several sub-committees, and enacted the following scheme 
of government for the Executive and Finance and other Committees: 

RULES FOR COMMITTEES 

The Executive and F'lnance Committee shall have the sole and 
entire charge, custody and control of all moneys appropriated by the 
citv for the celebration. 

It shall determine the sums to be allotted out of the funds in its 
hands for the needs of the several committees. It shall organize at once 
with the Mayor as chairman and a clerk and treasurer. 

Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any 
business which may come before it. 

We recommend that the City Council ap])ropriate forthwith a sum 
not less than $10,000, and that the same be turned over to said Execu- 
tive and Finance Committee at an early date, m order that the work to 
be done may be entered upon at once. 

No bill or account for expenditure, approved by a chairman of any 
committee, shall be paid by the treasurer of the Executive and Finance 
Committee until approved by the chairman of the last-named committee 
in writing. 

This committee shall have general authority and supervision as to 
all matters pertaining to the preparation for and the carrying out of 
the celebration, and shall have authority to change and modify plans and 
details in the work of all other committees in any manner it may deem 
expedient. 

This committee shall also be and constitute the board for deciding 
and determining all matters, questions and differences of opinion which 
may arise in the several committees in the performance of their respective 
duties, and shall have power to fill ah vacancies occurring in the member- 
ship of committees and to appoint a chairman thereof, whenever that 
position becomes vacant, or is not satisfactorily filled. 

The chairmen of all committees, where a chairman has been desig- 
nated, except the chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee, 
shall have the direction and control of the work of their rcfspective com- 
mittees, and meetings of said committees shall be called only by their 
chairmen, and at such times as said chairmen shall deem expedient. 



28 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



The chairmen of all other committees, except the Executive and 
Finance Committee, shall have the sole power of making any contract 
or of incurring or authorizing the expenditure of any money by their 
respective committees; but such a chairman shall have no power to 
expend or authorize the expenditure of money over and beyond the sum 
previously allotted to his committee by the Executive and Finance 
Committee. All accounts and bills shall be vouched for and approved 
by the chairman of the committee who has incurred them and shall 
be then turned over to the Executive and Finance Committee, and 
upon approval by its chairman shall be paid by its treasurer, who shall 
keep an accurate and full account of all payments made by him. 




THE COMPLETE WORKING ORGAN 
IZATION FOR THE CELEBRATION 

The various sub-committees, as suggested l)y the Provisional Com- 
mittee, and finally constituted and officered, were as follows: 

ON EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE 

Mayor Henry C. Hallett, Chairman. 

*TiM()THY G. Spaulding Edgar F. Crooks 

Chauncey H. Pierce Frank N. Look 

Theobald M. Connor Adolphe Menard 

Charles B. Kingsley Edwin H. Banister 

Edward E. Wood Samuel W. Lee 

George W. Clark, Egbert L Clapp, Sec. 
Trcas., ex -officio 

ON INVITATIONS 

Louis L. Campbell, CJiairman 

vSlDNEY E. BrIDGMAN CHRISTOPHER ClARKE 

David B. Whitcomb Edward B. Strong 

Collins H. Gere John Metcalf 

George D. Clark Robert L. Williston 

Clayton S. Parsons L. Warren Morgan 

Frederic A. Macomber George H. Sergeant 

Jonathan W. Arnold Frederick W. Bement 

Edwin K. Abbott Oliver B. Bradley 

Allen C. Warner Charles F. Warner, Sec. 

RECEPTION AND ENTERTAINMENT 

Ernest W . Hardy, i'h airm a 1 1 

John T. Stoddard Frank Lyman 

Frederick N. Kneeland Josiah W. Parsons 

Edward E. Graves Matthew Grogan 

Ellis B. Currier William Godfrey 

Joseph H. Shearn Charles O. Parsons 

William H. Feiker Homer O. Adams 

Mrs. Henry C. Hallett ' Mrs. Lucy Hunt Smith 

Mrs Louise S. Hildreth Mrs. Lucius S. Davis 

Miss Jennie C. Pratt Miss Sarah M. Butler 

Mrs. Samuel B. Parsons Mrs. Edwin H. Banister 

Mrs. John B. O'Donnell Mrs. Richard W. Irwin 



*Resigned by reason of disabilitv. 




George Bliss, Philadelphia 
He gave Generously for the Benefit of liis Native Town 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 31 



Miss Minnie A. Kiely Miss Clara P. Bodman 

Miss Mary Fitzpatrick Miss Marie Louise Mexard 

Mrs. Henry L. Williams Miss Sidonia A. Ruder 

Mrs. Robert H. Clapp Mrs. George H. Page 

Mrs. Sidney E. Bridg.max Mrs. Louis F. Plimpton 

Mrs. Patrick H. Halloran Mrs. Frank X. Look 

Miss Eugenie Lamontagne Mrs. Albert L. Phelps 

Mrs. William W. Lee Miss Anna Menard 

Mrs. John J. Raleigh Miss Carrie L. Walker 

Mrs. William H. Riley Mrs. Joseph O. Daniels 
Miss Jennie C. Pratt, Secretary 

COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY OBSERVANCES 
IN CHURCHES 

Rev. Henry T. Rose. Chairman, First Church of Christ. 

Rev. Lyman P. Powell, Protestant Episcopal Church. 

Rev. John C. Breaker, Baptist Church. 

Rev. Frederic H. Kent, Second Congregational Church. 

Rev. Willis H. Butler, Edwards Church. 

Rev. Clement E. Holmes, Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Rev. John Kenny, St. Mary's Church. 

Rev. S. Allen Barrett, Florence Congregational Church. 

Rev. Alfred Free, Free Congregational Church. 

Rev. Herbert' G. Buckingham, Florence Methodist Episco])al 

Church. 
Re\'. Patrick H. Gallen, Church of the Annunciation. 
Rev. Xoel Rainville, Church of the Sacred Heart. 
Rev. Thomas P. Lucey, Church of the Blessed Sacrament. 
Rev. Frederic H. Kent, Secretary. 

ON MONDAY MORNING EXERCISES AND ORATION 

Rev. L. Clark Seelye, Chairman 
William P. Strickland George W. Cable 

John B. O'Donnell Henry P. Field, Secretary 

ON CHILDREN'S PARADE 

Jacob H. Carfrey, Chairman 
Robert G. Williams Fred Stork 

Clarence P. Roote Miss Amy B. Blish 

Rev. John Kenny H Alfred H. Evans 

J. Henry Clagg Rev. Noel Rainville 

John M. Rowell Miss Harriet H. Pratt 

Miss Elizabeth L. Kingsley 



32 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

William H. Riley Miss Catherine A. Clark 

Andrew P. Hancock George L. Harris 

Arthur G. Hill 
Edwin C. Howard, Secretary 

ON GAMES AND SPORTS 

John T. Keating, Chairman 
Homer C. Bliss James H. O'Dea 

Harry C. Crafts William MacKenzie 

Lucius S. Davis Matthew Carroll 

Peter Sobotky, Secretary 

ON GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION 

Mayor Henry C. Hallett, Chairman 
Richard W. Irwin Henry M. Tyler 

Thomas F. Ahearn George Wright Clark 

Charles N. Clark Alexander L. Dragon 

Charles A. Clark, Secretary 

ON PARADE 

Richard W. Irwin, Chairuiai} 

John J. Raleigh Frank E. Davis 

Eugene E. Davis Robert H. Clapp 

William A. Clark S. William Clark 

Robert B. Weir William H. Smith 

William Grant Edward T. Foley 

Victor Rocheleau Charles E. Herrick 

William A. Stevenson George S. Whitbeck 

William C. Pomeroy Frederick G. Jager 

Hubbard M. Abbott John McCool 

William A. Bailey Clayton E. Davis 

John E. Bates Charles N. Fitts 

James W. Reid David W. C. Scates 

Edward P. Hall Charles S. Pratt, Jr. 

George R. Spear Thomas J. Hammond, Scc'y 

ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR BANQUET 

Elhridge G. Southwick, CJiainiiai! 
Lewis F. Babbitt George D. Thayer 

Alvin M. Locke Patrick J. Bartley 

William H. Carson Sidney A. Clark. Secretary 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 33 



BANQUET POST-PRANDIAL EXERCISES 

William G. Bassett, Chaivnian and 'I'oasinutstcr 
John W. Mason Arthur Watson 

James M. Fay William J. Collins 

Alfred M. Fletcher John C. Mangan, Sccrctarv 

ON DECORATIONS, FLOWERS AND FIREWORKS 

*Edward p. Copeland, Chainiuiii 
Warren M. King, Chairman 
John T. Dewey Oscar F. Ely 

Edward J. Jarvis, Secretary 

ON ILLUMINATIONS 

James W. Heffernan, (liairnuui 
Alexander McCallum Benjamin B. Hinckley 

Moses Bassett Joseph A. Boudway 

James W. O'Connor George H. Drury, Secrelary 

ON MUSIC 

Henry L. Williams, ('hairniau 
John Prince Edwin B. Story 

Haynes H. Chilson Harry P. Eastwood 

Edward M. Wilhelmi Alfred T. Bliss 

George W. Hillier Charles A. Wheeler 

Albert E. Brown Herbert E. Riley, Secretary 

ON SALUTE AND RINGING OF BELLS 

John P. Thompson, (liainiian 
Charles II. Heald John W. Lyman 

William R. Bardwell Charles A. Pierce 

Luke Day James R. Gilfillan 

Albert G. Beckmann John J. Kennedy, Secretary 

ON HISTORICAL LOCALITIES 

IIhxry S. Gere, Chairman 
A. Lyman Williston Charles H. Dickinson 

Joseph Marsh Merritt Clark 

George L. Wright Benjamin E. Cook 

Chauncey E. Parsons Sidney E. Bridgman 

Henry R. Hinckley Oscar Edwards 

David B. Whitcomb Watson L. Smith 

Luther J. Warner Lewis D. Parsons 

Joseph C. Williams Luther C. Wright, Secretary 



*Deceased before Celebration. 




Hon. Elijah Hunt Mill 
United States Senator, 1820-27 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 35 



ON HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 

Thomas M. vSiiicpiikri), (luiirnuiii 
Waldo H. Wiiitcomb Miss Mary A. Jordan 

Frank L. Clapp Osmore O. Roberts 

Robert E. Edwards Christopher Seymour 

Samuel B. Parsons Arthur K. Sylvester 

John L. Mather Harry N. (tardiner 

William F. Pratt David J. Wricht 

Seth S. Warner Henry N. Ferry 

O. Wendell Edwards Miss Nancy L. Miller 

Miss Harriet J. Kneeland Mrs. Gertrude O. Clapp 

Miss Adelene Moffat Mrs. Da\'id C. Crafts 

Frank I. Washburn, Sccniary 

ON TRANSPORTATION 

Thomas A. (Jrcutt, C'haiiinan 
George Bliss McCallum Howard Clark 

Edwin C. Clark Michael W. Meehan 

Philip Witherell Louis H. Warner, Sccrdary 

ON PRINTING, PROGRAM AND TICKETS 

Charles F. Warner, i'hainuan 
Dennis J. Meehan Frank E. Da\is 

John A. Ross F'rank R. Mantor 

Abbot L. Gloyd Harry E. Bicknell, Secretary 

ON ANNIVERSARY BUILDING, ETC. 

John C. Hammond, (liainnaii 
Charles S. Beals John F. Lambie 

John L. Draper Philip Gleason 

Edw\\rd N. Foote Clarence K. Graves, Secretary 

ON PRESS 

James H. Huntington, ('liainuaji 
Charles W. Pierce John L. Best 

Charles G. F airman Albert H. Carpenter 

Homer C. Chapin, Secretary 



36 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 




[Ion. Isaac C. Bates 
United States Senator, 1.S41-1S45 



AT the Springfield Quartei-Millennial celebration, in 1880, Senator Henry L. Dawes 
sairl, in respon.se to the sentiment, "The United States Senate:"' "In that body 
Massachusetts has had in the past representation always worthy of her great name, 
and the high commis.sion with which she has intrusted that representation. After the two 
great names of Webster and Sumner, the illustrious in history, the old coimty of Hampshire 
of blessed memory — alas, that it was ever divided — stands forth in the front rank with the 
names she has furnished that representation. Caleb Strong, one of the first senators for 
Massachusetts, stern, stubborn, incorruptible and patriotic; Ashmun, a name illustrious 
in both houses of Congress and at the bar of the Commonwealth; Mills, the scholar, the 
statesman, and orator of a listening and charmed Senate; Isaac C. Bates, whose voice rang 
in my ear like a silver trumpet the first time when, a boy, I entered the court-house at 
Northampton. The.se were the River Gods of their day, and to these illustrious names the 
old ooimty of Hampshire may i)oint her present and future generations for example and 
emulation. " 




pEACE to the just man's memory let it (rrow 

Greener with years, and hlossom througli the Hight 
Of ages ; let the mimic canvas show 

His calm, benevolent features ; let the light 
Stream on his deeds of love, that shunned the sight 

Of all hut heaven, and, in the hook of Fame, 
The glorious record of his virtues write, 

And hold it up to men, and hid them claim 
A palm like his, and catch from him the hallowed flan-. 

Bryant 



'^EITHER ])resent fame, nor war, nor power, nor wealth, nor knowl- 
''-^ edge alone, shall secure an entrance to the true and noble Val- 
halla (Temple of Fame). There shall be gathered only those who have 
toiled each in his own vocation for the welfare of others. |ustice 
and benevolence are higher than knowledge and power. 

WiirniHR 




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In\'1tation to Old Nor in am pt on, England 



THE INVITED GUESTS 

iNFir.-irioN TO NORruAM p ro n, a n cla nd 

XT was a happy thouj^ht to send an invitation to the nninic-ipal 
authorities of the old city of Northampton, J::nghind, and when 
Alderman Samuel S. Campion of that city was found to l)c in this 
country, visiting the St. Louis Exposition, he was speeddy communi- 
cated with, by order of the Executive and Finance Committee, and 
promptly accepted their invitation to come to the Connecticut valley, 
later being commissioned Ijy the iMiglish city to represent it at the 
Quarter-Millennial Celebration. 

A handsomely engrossed form of invitation, as shown on opposite 
page, was forwarded to England, and brought forth the following replies, 
sent before the Northam|)ton, England, authorities were aware of Mr. 
Campion's intention to visit New England. 

COUNTY I'.OROU.H OF ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^, ^ ^^^^^ 

(SKAL) . OiulM-iall 

NORTHAMPTON 

Nor THAMPTON 



Herbert Haxkixson 

Telphone No. 2;5C> A. F. H. 1 6th MaV, 1904. 

j\l y dear Sir: 

1 am re(piested l)y the Mayor of this Borough, Edward Lewis, 
Esquire, J. P., to forward you herewith his acknowledgment of the 
kind invitation which accom])anicd your communication of the 2nd 
instant. 

Will vou be good enough to lay it l)efore his Honour the Mayor, 
and Council, of your City? 

With best wishes for a very successful celebration of the interesting 
250th Anniversary of the settlement of Northampton, Mass. 
I beg to remain. 

Yours faithfully. 

Herbert Hankixson, ^■ 

ToK'ii ( Icrk. 
Egbert L Clapp, Esq., 

City Clerk, Northampton, 

Massachusetts, U. S. A. 



40 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Zbc /IRav}or'0 Parlour 

(seal) kSuilJiball 

NORTHAMPTON 

1 6th May, 1904. 
To His Honour the Mayor, 

and the City Coniicil, of NortJuunptoii, Alassachiisciis, U. S. A. 

Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen: — ■ 

On behalf of myself and the Corporation of the ancient Borough of 
Northampton, England, I beg to acknowledge and to thank you for the 
invitation with which you have honoured us, and for the cordial feeling 
which prompted the invitation, to join with you in your celebration of 
the 250th Anniversary of the settlement of your prosperous City. 

Owing partly to the rather limited time available, and to the fact 
that on Thursday, 2nd June, the Town and County of Northampton are 
taking part in the ceremony of opening large extensions to our General 
Hospital, it is feared that no official representatives of your English 
namesake City can be present in Northampton, Massachusetts, on the 
5th, 6th and 7th June next. 

None the less, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I feel certain that the 
Council will appreciate highly your kindness and will join with me in 
heartiest good wishes for the growth and progress of your City and the 
best welfare of its inhabitants. 

I shall also ask the Council to order your invitation to be duly 
inscribed in the records of our Borough, which received its first charter 
from King Richard I on i8th November, anno domini, 1189. 
I have the honour to be, 

Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, 

Yours very faithftilly, 

Edward Lewis, 

Afayor. 
Countersigned 

Herbert Hankinson, 
Town Clerk. 




n () A 11 D • O F A L D E irM EN, 1904 



War?!*^' han.l-Ar.PRKn T. B.rss. Wanl ,i ; L,:„-,s F. B.u.utt, VVanl 2; ,,„„.,„„ ,. ,,^„^.,^_ 
Left hand-DENNis J. Meehan, Ward 7; Moses Bassett, Wanl .•?: Jo„x J. Kenxkdv, Wanl 1. 




COMMON COUNCII. , 1904 

Center row, reading down — Olakence E. Hodgkins, Ward 4; George 
Ward 2; Arthur C. Herrick, Ward 3. 

Kight hand — Alexander W. Ewing, Ward 6; Abbot L. Gloyd, War.! 
Ward 7; S. William Clark; Ward 3. 

Left hand — William H. Carson, Ward 1; Stephen M. Keouoh, Ward Alfred J. Preece, 
Ward 4; James H. O'Dea, Ward 3. 



' cCallum, President, 
Charles S. Beals, 




C () M M O N C (J U N C I L , 19 4 

n Ceorge H. Druhy, Ward l'; lioDKiucK M. Staukwkatiikh, \V:inl 



Center row, readii 
4; William E. Siianv. 



MAYORS OF NORTHAMPTON, 1884-1905 




Jaspeh E. Lambik 
1891 





Henry A. Kimball 
1894, 1895 




Arthur G. Hili, 
1887, 1888 ' 




Henry P, Field 
1896, 1898 




John B. O'Donneli- 
1892, 1893 




BlONIAMlN E. I'OOK 

18S4, 1885, 1886 




.John T^. Mather 
1S97, 1899, 1900 




Jeremiah Brown 
1889, 1890 




Arthur Watson 
1901 




Henry C. Hallett 
1902, 1903, 1904 



Theobald M. Connor 
1905 



G U E S T S () V THE C I T Y 



Governor John L. Bati<:s. 

LlEUTENANT-(lo\ERNOR CuRTIS GuiLI), Jr. 

COUNCIL 

I — Roland C. Nickerson, Brewster, Mass. 

2 — Frederick S. Hall, Taunton, Mass. 

3 — Edwin R. Hoag, Chelsea, Mass. 

4 — Michael J. Sullivan, Boston, Mass. 

5 — George R. Jewett, Salem, Mass. 

6 — Walter Scott Watson, Lowell, Mass. 

7 — Arthur H. Lowe, Fitehlnirg, Mass. 

8 — Richard W. Irwin, Northampton, Mass. 

MAYORS 

Patrick A. Collins Boston, Mass. 

Edward H. Keith Brockton, Mass. 

Parker S. Davis Beverly, Mass. 

AuGusTiN J. Daly Cambridge, Mass. 

Edward E. Willard Chelsea, Mass. 

Charles A. Buckley Chicopee, Mass. 

Thomas J. Boynton Everett, Mass. 

George Grime Fall River, Mass. 

Henry O. Sawyer Fitchburg, Mass. 

James E. Tolman Gloucester, Mass. 

Roswell L. Wood Haverhill, Mass. 

Arthur B. Chapin Holyoke, Mass. 

Cornelius F. Lynch Lawrence, Mass. 

Charles E. Howe Lowell, Mass. 

Henry W. Eastham Lvnn, Mass. 

Charles L. Dean Maiden, Mass. 
Frederick R. S. Mildon Marlborough, Mass. 
Charles Sidney Baxter Medford, Mass. 

Sidney H. Buttrick Melrose, Mass. 

Charles S. Ashley New Bedford, Mass. 

James F. Carens Newburyport, Mass. 

Alonzo R. Weed Newton, Mass. 

Frank D. Stafford North Adams, Mass. 

Henry D. Sisson Pittsfield, Mass. 

Charles M. Bryant Quincy, Mass. 

Joseph N. Peterson Salem, Mass. 



46 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Leonard B. Chandler 
Everett E. Stone 
Richard E. Warner 
John L. Harvey 
John P. Feeny 
Walter H. Blodgett 



Somerville, Mass. 
Springfield, Mass. 
Taunton, Mass. 
Waltham, Mass. 
Woburn, Mass. 
Worcester, Mass. 



Hon. George P. Lawrence North Adams, Mass. 
Hon. Frederick H. Gillett Springfield, Mass. 
Hon. Loren P. Keyes New Marlborough, Mass. 

Rep. Harry E. Graves Hatfield, Mass. 

Rev. Richard E. Birke Deerfield, Mass. 

(A former resident of Northampton, England.) 
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cutter, Librarian-elect of 

Forbes Library. 
Major F. E. Pierce Greenfield, Mass. 



AS GUESTS OF SHERIFF J. E. CLARK 

Hon. Loranus E. Hitchcock, Justice of Superior 

Court, Chicopee. 
Col. Embury P. Clark, Sherifi" of Hampden County, 

Springfield. 
Hon. Isaac Chenery, Sherifl: of Franklin County, 

Greenfield. 
Hon. Dana Malone, District Attornev, Greenfield. 



CHAIRMEN OF SELECTMEN 



Charles E. Wakefield 
Nelson Randall 
Irving Rice 
Darwin E. Lyman 
JosiAH W. Flint 
Edward C. Packard 
Samuel B. Dickinson 
George B. Walker 
Francis S. Reynolds 
Matthew J. Ryan 
Leonard F. Hardy, Esq. 
George W. Cottrell 
John L. Brewer 
f. a. holden 
Walter M. Waugh 



Amherst, Mass. 
Belchertown, Mass. 
Chesterfield, Mass. 
Cummington, Mass. 
Enfield, Mass. 
Goshen, Mass. 
Granby, Mass. 
Greenwich, Mass. 
Hadlev, Mass. 
Hatfield, Mass. 
Huntington, Mass. 
Middlefield, Mass. 
"Pel ham, Mass. 
Plainfield, Mass. 
Prescott, Mass. 



NORTHAMPTON, IVL\SSACHUSETTS 



John E. Lyman 
George D. Storks 
Lawrence Malloy 
Samuel Cole 
Robert E. Pray 



South Iladlcv, Mass. 
Ware, Mass.' 
Williamsburg, Mass. 
Worthington, Mass. 
Greenfield, Mass. 



47 



EASTHAMPTON TOWN OFFICERS 

Selectmen 

Jairus F. I^urt, (Ihiiruhiii Cjkouck vS. Coltox 

John Cullen 
Lucius E. Parsons Watson H. Wric.iit 

John N. Lyman Winslow TL I^dwards 

Joseph W. Wilson, 'J'oh'ii ('Icrk 

SOUTHAMPTON 

Selectmen 

George H. Lyon, Chairman Albert L G. Ouic.li-y 
Martin Norris 
Frederick E. Judd, Tou'u Clerk 
Homer O. Strong, Moderator 



WESTHAMPTON 

Selectmen 

A. Drury Rice, CJiairniaii Dwight S. Brii)(;.\ian 

Edwin B. Clapp 

Francis A. Loud, Toivii Clerk 




ACTION TAKEN BY THE TOWNS OF 
s^ s^ Sk Sk EASTH AMPTON 3^ 3^ m^ ^ 
SOUTHAMPTON & WESTHAMPTON 



IT is of course understood that the town authorities of Easthampton, 
Southampton and Westhampton were invited to take part in the 
Celebration, because those towns were originally a part of North- 
ampton. The response of these towns was very gratifying to the Exec- 
utive Committee. The board of selectmen in each place met promptly 
and at once showed a desire to co-operate with the authorities in this 
city, towards making the celebration a success. They appointed, in the 
several towms, the men named as invited, and soon appeared at the 
City Hall, seeking information as to how they could best co-operate. 
The Executive Committee introduced them to Captain Irwin, chair- 
man of the Parade Committee, and he advised that they show their 
interest by the construction of such floats for the parade as seemed to 
them best suited to represent their towms. This suggestion was favor- 
ably received by the committees from the three towais, and the result 
was the admirable display, typical of country town life and aspirations, 
that excited such pleasure and admiration from the multitude which 
viewed the parade, as described injsubsequent pages. 





l^tc.s E. I .Hsox,s n ,vs,,ow H. Er,WA,„,s Joux X. J.vm.x. 




sou T HAMPTON TOWN COMMITTEE 



Top — Michael Norris, Selectman . 

Center, left to right — Homer O. Strong, Moderator; Frederick E. Judd, Toim Clerk. 

Bottom — George H. Lyon, Albert I. G. Qtjigley, Selectmen. 




W K Sill A M P T ( > X T ( ) W N C ( > .M M 1 T T E E 



Top — Edwin B. C'i.app, Selcclinan. 

Center, left to right — Dwight S. Biudcmax, A. Dhuhv Kici:, Seltxlmen. 

Bottom — FnANCis A. Loud, Ton-n Clerk. 




EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE CELEBRATION 

Egbert I. CLAPP,Sec;X^o/Co«m,V^e^' ^'''''"''''■' '^^^^h Hexry C. Hallett. Chairman; 
Fourth row-ADOLPHE Me:.ard. Theobalb M. Connor. Edgar F. Cr;oks. "^'^'«^'=''- 



R K P A R A r I O N S 



COMMirrEES BKGIX THEIR LABORS 

WITH the (Icfmite announcrmcnt of the ]ilans for celebration 
and the appointment of committees, the way seemed clear 
tor rapid work in ]ire])arations, but it was some weeks 
before the Executive and Innancc Committee secured from the City 
Council the appropriation which the\- reciuired, and all committees 
w^orked for a while in a tentative waw The authorities, however, finally 
voiced the spirit of loyalty and ai)i)reciation of the historic occasion 
which prevailed among the people of the city, by making a generous 
appropriation, and. to this act, in large measure, was due the final 
success. 



WORK OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES 

When the a|)i)ropriations had been made, the work of preparing for 
the Celebration went forward more rajjidly. After the plans had been 
adopted, and the committees had been appointed to carry them 
out, Timothy G. Spaulding, chairman of the sub -Provisional 
Committee, which had formulated the work, was obliged, in consec^ucnce 
of impaired health, and by the advice of physicians, to relinquish his 
intention of taking a leading part, as a member of the Executive and 
Finance Committee, and content himself with doing what he could 
in a different capacity. There were other resignations, for various 
reasons; but there was no hesitation or faltering with the Executive 
Committee, which promptly filled vacancies and brought forward other 
capable men, who sprang eagerly to the variotis divisions of work, and 
faithfully performed the tasks assigned them. The great enterprise 
received a severe shock, however, and the whole city was saddened, by 
the death of Edward P. Copeland, April 7. Mr. Copeland was the versa- 
tile and. talented chairman of the Committee on Decorations. He had 
made a special study of the matter of decorating for this great 
occasion, and had evolved a color scheme and general arrangement of 
an original and unique sort, wdiich was subsequently carried out, for 
the most part, by his able successor to the chairmanship. Warren M. 
Kincj. 



54 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

lErecutivc atiD Jfinancc Committee 

The Executive and Finance Committee were of course in the fore- 
front of the administrative work of the Celebration, and the untiring 
zeal and energy which they exercised, night and day, with the indefati- 
gable services of their Secretary, City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, was what 
enabled the various sub-committees to carry out their plans in such 
perfection. They w^ere encouraged from time to time by the warm 
approval of the local press, and a pleasing incident to them was the 
receipt of a check for $ioo from Mrs. Martha Strong Harris of New 
London, Conn. Mrs. Harris is a native of Northampton, daughter of the 
late Hon. Lewis Strong, and granddaughter of Governor Caleb Strong. 
She, learning that the committee would appreciate any subscriptions 
which might be tendered, forwarded the check to City Clerk Clapp, and 
the committee expressed their thanks to Mrs. Harris in fitting terms, by 
resolution. Among other important actions of the Executive Committee 
was their authorization to the Printing Committee to print a handsome 
official souvenir program, at an expense of several hundred dollars. 
The committee appropriated $200 for designing, engraving and emboss- 
ing, and the enterprise was carried out by the Kingsbury Box Company 
of Northampton. As the whole expense was much larger than the 
amount appropriated by the committee, the printers were allowed to 
sell copies to the general public, after furnishing the city 1,000 copies 
for its guests. 

The committee were called upon to consider a great number of 
matters not provided for m their original program, and which, being 
accepted by them, proved of much usefulness and value to the general 
scheme of public entertainment and comfort. One of these matters 
was the giving of the Colonial Reception and Ball, tendered l)y the 
Daughters of the American Revolution, an account of which will be 
found toward the close of the work. Another was the Public Comfort 
House, provided by the Home Culture Clubs, elsewhere described. 

( A matter which occasioned much trouble to the committee was the 
difficulty in securing badges for the general public. An order for a few 
thousand was given, but these were delivered barely in time to be of 
use, and were quickly snatched up by the citizens. Then it was too 
late to secure more, and a horde of fancy badge sellers from out of town 
had to be admitted to sell, bv license, on the streets. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 55 

The most difficult part of the Executive Committee's work was the 
apixjvtiouinii; of the City Council's a|)])ropriation amoui^ the sub-com- 
mittees, but this was hnally done, and with such excellent ju(lt,mient 
and fairness that none could rcasonabh- lind faidt. 

IPrlntinc^ anc> Knvitation Committees 

The first committee to ors^anize was the imi)ortant one on Printing, 
and this was almost immediateh- followed 1)\' the erjuallv important one 
on Invitations. The work of these two committees was closely related, 
and required the time of one man ever\' day for several months previous 
to the Celebration. The chairman of the Printing Committee, who 
was also secretary of the Committee on Inxdlations, was at the City 
Hall everv dav, conducting liis ])art of the work, and receiving names 
and addresses, and suggestions from citizens. The ol)iect of the Com- 
mittee on Invitations was to bring knowledge of the approaching event 
to everv son and daughter of the old town, wherever located, even in 
foreign lands. For this ])urpose, notice was given liy circular and 
through the dailv ])ress, that the committee desired to obtain the 
names and addresses of all those interested, or likely to be interested, in 
returning to the old town. Addressed postal cards were also sent out in 
the following form to about one thousand citizens, to facilitate the work : 

NoRTii.vMPTox, M.\ss., March 15, 1Q04. 
The Committee on Invitations, for the 250th Anniversary Celebration 
of the citv of Northampton, understand you to be a resident of the eity, 
a representative of some of its old families, and sufficiently well acquaint- 
ed to be able to give the names and addresses of some former residents 
or friends who would be ])leased to receive an invitation to the exercises 
of next June. This committee will, therefore, greatly appreciate any 
returns you may make on the annexed card. 

"iDo'not hesitate because you may think it as well to give your 
friends an invitation yourself. You can do that also, but any one who 
feels interested in the old town will be doubly pleased and complimented 
by an official invitation from authorized representatives of the city. 
Prompt attention to this matter will very much aid in our work.^ 

Louis L. C.VMPBELL, Chairman. 

Ch.\rles F. W.\rner, Sccirtary. 

The response to these notices was very gratifying; so much so that 
the committee were several times obliged to extend the date set for the 
closing of the invitation list; and, practically, invitations had to be 




CHAIRMEN OF SUB- COMMITTEES 

Top row, reading from left to right — Ernest W. Hardy, on Reception and Entertainment; 
Richard W. Irwjn, Parade; Louis L. Campbell, Invitations. 

Center — Charles F. Warner, Printing; Warren M. King, Decorations. 

Bottom — Jacob H. Carfrey, Children's Exercises; Elbridge G. SorrHwicK, Banquet; John C. 
Hammond, Anniversary Tent. 




CHAIRMEN OF S U B - C U M M I i i ], 



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Hkf- 



Center- Thomas M. Shephkrd, Historical Collections 



58 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

sent out up to a day or two before the Celebration, in a few special cases. 
(The strikingly beautiful and unique form of invitations issvied was one 
reason for the long-continued call for them by citizens, to be sent to 
their friends and relatives. They were printed on hand-made, deckle- 
edge paper, in old English missal type and fashion, and many were sold 
as souvenirs during the Celebration days. In no case were they given 
out to the local people for distribution, because they were costly prints 
and the demand for them would far have exceeded the supply. Besides, 
it was deemed best that the invitation should go direct from the com- 
mittee, to wdiom the replies were to be addressed, with proper, corrected 
addresses and such additional information as the committee desired. 
About 8,000 of the missal type invitations were sent out, and the com- 
mittee received manv letters expressing admiration for the fine design 
and the typographical work, which latter part was done by the Kings- 
btirv Box Company of Northampton. 

The invitations brought many replies from the absent sons and 
daughters froin all over the country, and some of the letters were so 
interesting and pungent with valuable reminiscence that they were 
given to the local press, and added to the gradually increasing popular 
interest and enthusiasm. The committee then discussed a proposition 
to send out a renewal invitation, in plainer form, together with a clear 
and detailed statement of what the Celebration would comprehend; as 
it was hinted, in the original invitation, such a statement, in the nature 
of a program, would follow the formal invitation. Many delays pre- 
vented the rounding out of the plans of the Executive Committee in 
such shape that an authoritative, complete and detailed program could 
be given at so early a date, but the Invitation Committee made up a 
form of renewal invitation as follows: 



COM M I T r E E ON INVITATIONS 



250th 
Bnuivcvsarv 

Celebration 




OX the Citv of 

IRorthampton 

/IDasi?. 



Dear Sir or Madam: 

.. '^^'ej^^^'f already liacl the ])leasure n{ forwanlintr to vou, in tlie name of the 
Lity ot Northampton, an invitation to the exereises attendincr the Cclel>ration of 
the Quarter-Millennial or 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of this ancient 
town, and herewith we hand vou blanks, which, properly filled out will aid the 
committee m ascertaining certain facts. If vou accept' this invitati.jn, kindlv 
call at the City Hall upon your arrival and register. 

The plans of the Executive Committee, as to program, are now so far com- 
pleted that we are able to promise all who come to the citv [une 5. 6 and 7 a di- 
versified and interesting series of entertainments. 

While the details of the Celebration have not vet been wholly worked out 
tjiey may be outlined in a general way, as follows: The Celebrat'icm will begin 
Sunday, June 5, m the churches, with appropriate exercises in the morninp ''as 
each church may deem proper, and in the evening a grand free sacred coAcert 
will be given, under the direction of Prof. Storv, who will, with the co-operation 
of the church choirs, give considerable old-time popular church music, as written 
by the late Prof. George Kingsley of this citv, and others. 

For Monday, June 6, there wi'll be indoor exercises at 10 (/clock .\. m., which 
will include an address of welcome and oration. At 2 p. m. there will be a chil- 
dren's parade, and during the afternoon, games and sports. \jn the evening the 
Northampton Vocal Club, an organization of which the citv is justlv ])roud, will 
give a concert, supported by the magnificent Festival Orchestra of Boston, after 
which a reception will be given to Governor Bates.* 

On Tuesday, June 7, there will be a great parade of civic societies, with his- 
toric floats, etc., at about 9.30 o'clock, with a banquet at i o'clock, and after- 
dinner speaking. *A River Carnival is in process of organization for the earlv 
evening hours, with following fireworks. 

A large tent will be erected upon the Forbes Library lawn, for assembly pur- 
posp, and will serve as a place for general resort during other hours. 

^Now, in the name of the City of Northampton, we renew the invitation 
forrA-etly given you, to meet with us, in memory of Old Home Days, Sunday, 
Monday and Tuesday, June 5, 6 and 7 next, to" renew the memorie's of "Aukl 
Lang Syne," recall the names of those who made the old town famous, and glorify 
the deeds and monuments of beneficence which have made Northampton an im'- 
portant feature of state and national history. 

We ask your kindly immediate attention to the accompanying blank. 

Louis L. Campbell, Chairman. 
Charles F. Warner, Secretary. 



* The project of a river carnival was afterwards al 



meil, for several reason? 



60 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Accompanying this second invitation was a blank form for the use 
of the recipient, in filhng out full address, with statement as to whether 
he or she accepted the invitation; was a native, a past resident, or only 
a friend of or an occasional visitor to the town. The recipient was also 
requested to' state whether his ancestors at any time resided in the town. 
A division blank, on the same sheet, was printed for the convenience 
of the Entertainment and Reception Committee, and this asked the 
recipient to state whether he desired board or lodging, or both, while in 
the city; what price he would like to pay, and whether he would prefer 
to stop with private familv or at a hotel. He was also recjuested to 
state whether he would like to have a banciuet ticket reserved for him. 
A printed envelope, addressed to the secretary of the committee, was 
enclosed, and the second form of invitation as above given, with blank 
and return envelope, was mailed to all who received the original invita- 
tion, within about a month after the first invitations were sent out. 

The second invitation brought forth many more replies than the 
first, as those invited were now better able to grasp the scope of the 
Celebration. Many were also pleased to be again remembered and 
urged to come. Of course there were some at a distance, who responded 
regretfully, that they could not come, but the host of favorable responses 
brought much pleasure to the committee. If there had been time it 
is doubtless true that a third, still more urgent, invitation would have 
brought out a considerable additional favorable response, but the Cele- 
bration hours were rapidly approaching, and the committee had to be 
content with what they had done. It was a curious fact that the blanks 
intended for the information of the Entertainment Committee were not 
much used, as most of the people invited from out of town came to 
stay with relatives or friends while in the city, and did not need to apply 
for entertainment. Yet the hotels were all filled on the second and 
third days of the Celebration, mostly by honorary guests of the city 
and by others whose former family connections here had passed awav. 
There were about one hundred calls for banquet tickets on the blanks 
sent out. 

The secretary of the Invitation Committee enrolled alphabetically 
the addresses of those invited, in small books, by states and sections of 
country, and as about 4,000 names were obtained in this way, a collec- 
tion of much value was made, which, together with the card index later, 
made by the Entertainment Committee, forms as complete a directory 



Cttj> of i^ortljampton 

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citp, toijiel) toill occur Sack antr participate 

on Hune 5tl), 6tl) antj toitl) us in t|)c festi^i 

7tl)of tijts pear. Clje ities of t|)is celebra 

ol)sert)aneeoftl)ise\) tion. 

enttoillliefittinganli C3ft toill lie a great 

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Cljairman, 

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of old X<)rthanii)ton residents as ])rol)al)ly eould lie made. This eol- 
lection is now in the hands of the Citx' (derk. 

The Executive and Finance Connnittc-e took chart^a' of the matter 
of sending out in\-itations to the invited ,i(uests of honor - the (io\-ernor, 
mayors of cities, selectmen of towns, vtc. and for this ])ur]jose elegant 
script in\'itations were ])re])arcd by I\gl)crt I. Clap]), City Clerk and 
Secretary of the crmimittee, in the form shown on op])osite i)age. 

The first work of the Printing Committc>e was to issue an adver- 
tising envelope, with reading matter, as given on another i-)age. 
These envelopes were sold to the mi^rchants at nearh' cost ])rice, the 
small ])roht made accruing to the |jrinter. The l)usincss men were asked 
to us? these envelopes in their cr)rres])ondence for th" two months pre- 
ceding the Celebration, to advertise the city and its Anniversarv. Over 
125,000 ()f these envelopes were sold and man\' were saved as souvenirs. 
,' In an carh' stage of the ])re])arations the Printing Committee voted 
to offer a prize of $10 to an\' pu])il or graduate of the high school, 
under twcntv-one vears of age, who would make a suitable design for 
the cover of an ofticial souvenir program. vSeveral designs of more or 
bfss merit were handed in, but the best design, yet one which did not 
cjuite meet the Committee's ideas, was made by Harry S. Whitbeck of 
Northam])ton, studving in the Pratt Institute at Brooklyn, X. Y.. and 
in his twentv-third vear. As h° had not understood the terms of com- 
petition he was given a consolation ])rize of hve dollars, l)y a member 
of the Committee. The design includes, as a sketch, the Jonathan Ed- 
wards elm and site of the old homestead. The design for the souvenir 
cover finally used is shown on page 65^ 

This cover design was ])rinted oh a cover of heavy fawn-colored 
paper, the tablet containing the words, "Ofticial Program," the scroll, 
"Quarter-Millennial," the dates "1654 and 1Q04," and oblong border, 
wdth the seal and |)lace and date of Celebration embossed and printed 
in bronze and the rest in bright green ink. The city seal also appeared 
embossed in bronze, in larger form on the l)ack of the cover. 

The inside ])ages of the souvenir had u])on the hrst page vignettes 
of the three princii)al churches of the city, the First, Edwards, and St. 
John's, and the words, " Northami.iton, Mass., settled 1654, incorporated 
a citv, 18S4." The second ])age contained a group of the i)rincipal 
public Iniildings, such as the City Hall, Forl)es Library, Memorial Hall, 
Aeademv of Music, Smith College, Dickinson Hosi)ita], Lilly Library 



64 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



and Cosmian Hall. Upon the next page the announcement of services 
in the churches on Anniversary Sunday was prefaced by the portrait 
of Jonathan Edwards. On the next two facing pages, over the program 
for the "Service of Song, " and on several others, were views in different 
parts of the citv, flanked by vignettes of fanciful female figures, person- 
ifying Religion and Education, one holding a book in hand and the other 
a cross. With the program of Monday's exercises appeared portraits 
of President L. Clark Seelye, Hon. John D. Long, Northampton's eleven 
vear Governor of the state, Hon. Caleb Strong, and Hon. John L. Bates, 
Governor in the r[uarter-millenial year. The two following pages were 









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."sketch of Competitive Design for a Program Cover, by a High School Pupil, 
showing Edwards Elm and Whitney Homestead on tlie right 

devoted to pictures of the past mavors of the citv and members of the 
Executive Committee. Other pages following gave the program for 
other days, and were headed by other views about the city. 

Owing to the short time which the Committee on Printing had to 
work upon the program, it was not produced until the Saturday' before 
the Celebration, and there was but a limited time for its sale. Several 
thousands were disposed of, but the printers did not reap the reward 
they deserved for their enterprise, and some copies were left on hand. 
So long as they last, the printers will doubtless be glad to supply orders 
for them, and as they were a very artistic feature of the part which the 



66 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



"art preservative" took in the Celebration, those who have a copy of 
this book should also procure a copy of the souvenir to somewhere attach 
to it. 



jEntertainmcnt anD IRcceptton Committee 

The hardest work of the occasion, in so short a space of time, was 
done by the Entertainment and Reception Committee, of which Ernest 
W. Hardy was chairman. This committee had as its special charge 
Governor and Mrs. John L. Bates of Boston, to be entertained by Coun- 
cilor and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin; Alderman Samuel S. Campion of 
Northampton, England, who was entertained as a guest of the city by 
Timothy G. Spaulding at the Norwood Hotel (located on the site of 
the old homestead of the late John Clarke, one of the town's greatest 
benefactors, and where many other notabilities stayed during the 
Celebration); and George Sheldon of Deerfield, entertained by Frederick 
N. Kneeland and Mrs. Henry Lathrop; also the Governor's staff, enter- 
tained by Col. Henry L. Wilhams. 

For the convenience of guests and visitors at large, the committee 
had made ample and comprehensive preparations, far exceeding in 
detail any ever attempted anywhere else, on a similar occasion, so far 
as is known. The hotel and registration scheme was an original one. 
To meet his plans Chairman Hardy turned the city practically into a 
vast hotel. By means of blanks, sent out weeks in advance, he obtained 
the names and location of every person in the city who had rooms to let 
or who would furnish meals. This information was placed in the reg- 
istration booth at the union depot, and this place was, to all intents and 
purposes, a great hotel office. The clerks in charge had at their command 
a dozen messengers. Visitors arriving on the trains, as requested, 
reported promptly at the depot booth, upon their arrival, and were 
assigned at once to the quarters engaged by them then or beforehand ; 
the messengers then too^ their baggage in hand and accompanied them 
to the places provided. Owing to the fact that the Committee on Invi- 
tations had so few replies to the blanks sent out for the guidance of the 
Entertainment Committee, it was reported in the press, at the time, that 
the latter committee had little to do in the way of providing board and 
lodging for visitors, but this was not so; for, while few reported to 
the Invitation Committee by letter, a large number did later, to the 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 67 



other commit iL'i', and man\- inorc decided at the hist moment to come, 
an<l tlu'ir tiist ehiini to the eommittec's attention eame at the dc])Ot 
hootli. Thus, while tlie ,^reat majority of tlie visitors to tlie eitv were 
guests of then- relatives and friends while here, the ICntertainment Com- 
mittee had to eare for S''\-c>ral hniKh-ed more. 

There were five information booths in the city, ineludinj,' the eom- 
hined resj^istration and inh)rmation booth in the City Hall. The first 
booth, already described, was at the depot, the second at the corner of 
the court-house yard, th(> third in the office of the Sui)crintendent of 
Streets at the City Hall, the fourth (combined with registration) in the 
City Hall corridor, and the fifth on the Forbes Library grounds. These 
booths bore the large, striking sign, "Ask the Man!" and were open 
from seven o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night, every 
day from Saturday to Tuesday inclusive. 

The system of registration at the Cit)' Hall corridor was so surpris- 
ingly simple and effective that it is strange it has not been thought of 
before elsewhere. On one side of the corridor was arranged a long bank 
or desk, sutitieient to accommodate a dozen or more writers. Here pens 
and ink and lilank cards w^ere supplied, and as fast as visitors came in, 
in response to the sign outside, "Register Now," they were directed 
wdiat to do. The cards had l)lank lines to fill in, showing name and 
address, j)lace wdiere the visitor was stopping while in the city, when he 
arrived and when he proposed to depart. As fast as these cards were 
filled out they were gathered up by the clerks and filed away, al])hal)eti- 
cally, in the usual card index fashion. This registry was availed of bv 
nearlv all visitors to the eitv who came to stav any length of time, and 
over 3,500 names were recorded during the three days. Ordinarily, 
on such an occasion, the custom has been to place one or more V)ooks 
for registry in several places, in hopes to catch the attention of some 
who might nf)t visit all places, but the superiority of Mr. Hardy's plan 
w^as shown in having one central point for registry, wdth whicli the whole 
city was familiar. Here the telephone was kept busy every moment, 
almost, answering the inquiries of peoi)le concerning their friends, whether 
they had arrived, where they w'ere stopping, etc. This registry was the 
means of bringing many friends and relatives together who might not 
otherwise have met, as the card index furnished a temporary directory 
of practically all the visitors in the city. 



68 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Besides furnisliing information, the ])arties in charge of the various 
booths were commissioned to sell badges, buttons, souvenirs and author- 
ized guides, and the gross receipts from such sales was afterwards found 
to be $425. The overdraft on the general ap])roi)riation fund made by 
this committee was nearly offset by these receipts, for which they were 
given no credit. All the IjoolIis were equipped with telephones bv the 
local comi)any, without charge, and this service also contributed greatly 
to the success of the committee's work. 

Chairman Hardy had at his service a carriage with three relays of 
horses, for use in the forenoon, afternoon and evening, respectively, and 
these teams were in charge of Jean H. Hallett, who gave unremitting 
service, with the chairman, during the three days of the Celebration. 
The clerks and messengers in the employ of the committee worked in 
eight-hour shifts, but Mr. Hardy and young Hallett worked eighteen 
hours a day throughout, and found it the biggest task of their lives. 
Miss Bessie M. Ferris was bookkeeper and in charge of the stock 
distribution at the City Hall booth office, and the information and 
registration booths were in charge of the following: At the depot, 
Henry E. Partridge and Robert A. Bosworth; court-house yard, 
Thomas F. Ahearn and John F. Ahearn; Forbes Library grounds, 
William Thayer and Frank A. Mayhew; Superintendent of Streets office, 
lid ward L. Shaughnessy and Frank D. Wilcox; City Hall combined 
registration and information booth, Oliver B. Bradley and Julian F. Weir. 

Chairman Hardy had the satisfaction, at least, after all his hard 
work, of having many prominent people from out of town come to him, 
during the three days, and say that they had never seen any place where 
matters were so comprehensively and clearly arranged for the reception 
of visitors on such an occasion. The fact was that strangers or general 
visitors, in doubt about any matter, had very little to worry about. 
Once they made u]j their minds what they wanted, all they had to do 
was to "Ask the Man." This open invitation to "Ask the Man" was 
naturally the cause of much merriment, but the injunction provoked 
so much inquiry that it vindicated its usefulness to a surprising degree. 

Committee on iParaDc 

/ No one committee was busier or had a more com|;)rehensive work 
on hand those busy weeks preceding the Celebration than the Committee 
on Parade, of which Richard W. Irwin was chairman. The committee 



-^,,,,^^^^,_ NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 69 

was no sooner appointed tlian its work was ],raetieallv begun, as Mr 
Irwin's methodieal ni,n,l at onee took in hand the details whieh he and 
his aids later carried out. CV.rrcspondenee was opened for the purpose 
of obtaining suggestions, and the aid of the most experienced men in 
the citv was solicited an.l secured. Mr. Irwm practically abandoned 
his law business, and for six weeks gave his entire time to i)lans for that 
great spectacular feature of the Celebration, the parade. As it became 
necessary to enlist the co-operation of the general ])ublic, for the pur])ose 
of securing the necessary material for trimming Hoats and carnages, 
energetic and persistent work had to be done to rouse the people, but 
once they understood what was wanted thev came out in as large num- 
bers as could be taken care of in the hall provided for the puri.ose, 
where were ultimately prepared all the decorations needed for carriages! 
Chairman Irwin found all the helpers he needed when he went to "the 
public schools and told the children what was wanted. He had to 
tell his story at only one of the schools, and the next day Dewey's Hall, 
used for the purpose, was filled, and at one time there were about 150 
persons, old and young, preijanng the paper flowers needed. These 
flowers of tissue paper were made under the direction of Mrs. Charles 
E. Lyons of Greenfield. From ten to fifteen minutes were required to 
make some of the more elaf)orate flowers, Init most of them were made 
rapidly. The.se paper flowers simulated mostl\- white, yellow and red 
roses, red and yellow California poppies, chrysanthemums of all colors 
and the white syringa. It is estimated that over 25,000 of these were 
furnished for carriage trimming, and those who participated in the work 
felt well repaid for the time spent, m the experience gained for ])Ossible 
future use. 

It was no small enterprise to secure the 3;/) horses which ap])cared 
in the parade, and the committee were obliged to send to wSpringfield, 
Holyoke, Amherst and several other places for the horses required, and 
then there was not an animal left in the local stables that could have 
been utilized. The committee had a long hunt for a goat needed on 
one of the floats, and it was finally secured. ^ 

Co-0]jerating with Mr. Irwin, in i)reparations for and carr_\-ing out 
this part of the Celebration, were the following, including his aids: 
George S. Whitbeck, Edward P. Hall, Charles X. i-itls, William C. 
Pomeroy, John J. Raleigh, Eugene E. Davis, William A. Stevenson, 
Victor Rocheleau, William A. Clark, Robert P>. Weir, William Grant, 



70 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Hubbard M. Abbott, William A. Bailey, David W. C. Scates, John E. 
Bates, James W. Reid, George R. Spear, Frank E. Davis, Robert H. 
Clapp, S. William Clark, William H. Smith, Thomas J. Hammond, 
Edward T. Foley, Charles E. Herrick, Frederick G. Jager, John McCool, 
Clayton E. Davis, Charles S. Pratt, Jr. The work of Mr. Irwin and his 
committee is l)est described in the chapter devoted to the parade. 

Cbe ipress Committee 

The Press Committee, while not so conspicuous in its work as some 
of the other committees, nevertheless rendered valuable and efficient 
service and contributed its share in making the Celebration a great 
success. The committee was compos?d of James H. Huntington of 
the Daily Gazette, Chairman; Homer C. Chapin of the Daily Herald, 
secretary; John L. Best of the Daily Gazette, Charles W. Pierce of the 
Daily Herald, Albert H. Carpenter of the Spriiii:;,field Repiibliean, and 
Charles G. Fairman of the Spriiififield Union. 

The first work done by the committee was the sending out of printed 
matter to all the leading papers in New England and to many of the 
papers in other parts of the country, which gave the history of the 
town, from the first day of the settlement; described the city fullv, in 
its advantages as an educational center, its industrial interests and 
attractiveness as a place of residence. The program of the three davs' 
exercises was also given. In this respect the committee performed the 
duty of a Committee of Publicity, for every two weeks during the two 
months preceding the Celebration, this printed matter of general interest 
was sent out by mail. During the three days of the Celebration, the 
committee had its headc^uarters in the Metcalf block, at the entrance 
to Crafts avenue, nearly opposite the City Hall. Stenographers and 
tvpewriters were kept busv in preparing duplicate copies of all the 
speeches that were made and of all the events that occurred, and the 
visiting newspaper men were supplied with copies. Badges, suitably 
inscribed, were provided for the newspaper men. The emblem on the 
badges was a squirrel, with the legend, "The First Settler." 

Among the visiting editors and representatives of newspapers were 
Frederick W. Main, assistant citv editor of the S/7r/;/,i,'/zt7(/ J\ef>uhlieaii ; 
Albert P. Langtry, managing editor of the Springfield Union; Walter 
S. Carson of Greenfield, representative of the Springfield Union and 
the Boston Globe; Herbert C. Parsons, editor of the Greenfield Reeorder, 



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William G. Dwight, editor of the Holyoke Transcript; Vernon E. 
Hastings of the Holyoke T clci^rarn : Vjeov^c L. Munn, editor of the East- 
ham ptoji News; John Leitch, editor of the luisthamptou hlntcr prise; 
Edward W. Carpenter and Charles F. Morehouse, editors of the Amherst 
Record; Edward A. Caj^ron, editor of the Ware River Xcws; Lvman N. 
Clark, editor of the Westfield Times; Herbert E. Riley, rei)resentative of 
the Boston Herald and the Nciv ]'ork Tribune; Raljjh L. Baldwin, 
representative of the New York Sun. Other Boston and New York 
papers were represented and also a number of ])a])ers in Hartford and 
New Haven, Conn. 

Committee on Speakers 

The Committee on Speakers first met about three weeks before the 
Celebration, and organized with Judge William (i. Bassett as chairman 
and John C. Mangan as secretar}-. Numerous letters of infjuirv were 
at onee sent otit, with the view in every case of obtaining the best speak- 
ers from the various interests considered desirable to have re])resented 
at the Celebration. 

The list of speakers whom it was deemed desirable to have ])rescnt 
included such men as Chauncey M. Depew, John Proctor Clark of New 
York, ex-President Rev. Timothy Dwight of Yale College, and President 
Charles W. Eliot of Harvard College. Mr. Depew was invited because 
he lived in Peekskill, where the monument to General Seth Pomeroy 
was erected ; ex-President Dwight of Yale College was included as a 
descendant of Jonathan Edwards" President Eliot, as president of the 
college in which the most eminentrt-ollege men of Northampton were 
educated; and Mr. Clark, as a noted, orator and the most distinguished 
Northampton man in New York. /Unfortunately, three of these men 
had other engagements and President Dwight 's ill health would not 
permit him to appear. There were some criticisms afterwards because 
the committee did not secure local speakers for the tent exercises, but 
the committee desired to obtain the best outside talent, because, as one 
of them expressed it, "we can hear our local s])eakers 365 days in the 
year." \ 

-■" Committee on Games anD Sports 

The Committee on Games and Sports had a thorny time of it for 
awhile, arranging for their part of the i)rogram. They were hampered 
for funds, and there was a difference of opinion as to just what would 
be the most popular form of amusement. 



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George P. O'Donnell, first chairman of this committee, felt obhged 
to resign on account of a personal interest in the local baseball team, 
which was scheduled for a part in the third day's sports, and John T. 
Keating took his place, and gave his entire time to the work. The com- 
mittee finally decided upon a free baseball game and fireworks the last 
day of the Celebration, and the admirable manner in which they carried 
out this part of the public entertainment is referred to in another place. 
There were strong objections by many to the use of the fireworks pro- 
posed for the close of the Celebration, and the fear of accidents or con- 
flagration was not allayed until the committee announced that this 
part of the Celebration would be held on the driving ])ark. 

XLbc TUaorh of ©tber flommittecs 

The work of the Committees on Decorations and Illuminations is 
described elsewhere, under separate chapters. 

Though not the most spectacular, the preparatory and finished 
work of the Committee on Historical Localities and that on Historical 
Collections was the most important of any, in the truest sense of the 
word, for theirs was the basis of the Celebration. This preparatory and 
completed work is best described in sul)sequent pages, by Henry S. 
Gere and Thomas M. Shepherd, the fortunately chosen chairmen of 
these respective committees. 

The Tent and Banfjuet Committees had about the most difticult 
problems to handle, because they had to "cut according to the cloth," 
and no one knew just how much was wanted. There was no place in 
the center of the city which would accominodate the large circus tent 
first talked of, and the trustees of the Forbes Library finally ofi^ering the 
rear of their lot, a tent had to be erected there to fit the lot. This could 
accommodate only about 2,500 people, but when it was used, a larger 
crowd always gathered outside, and heard much that was going on. 
The Banquet Committee's task of preparation was difticult, because it 
was not for some time decided what the people wanted in the way of 
refreshment in a formal way. It was finally concluded that the simplest 
way was the best, and the course taken and described further on, was 
generally approved. 

A word should be said for the Committee on the Anniversary Ex- 
ercises in the Academy of Music, Monday. President Seelye was chair- 
man of this committee and ex-Mavor Hcnrv P. Field secretary, and the 



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other members were George W. Cable, Judge William P. Striekland and 
ex-Mayor John R. O'Donnell. The committee made an excellent choice 
for an orator, in selecting cx-Gov. John I). Long, while two others were 
considered — John Hay, secretary of state, and William II. Moody, sec- 
retary of the navy, but Mr. Long was finally chosen Ijecause of his special 
interest in Northampton. The selection of the Academy of Music for the 
opening exercises proved an excellent one, although the tent was talked 
of. As already noticed, there was no overcrowding at the Academy 
and few were obliged to stand. The tickets for ])ox seats were distrib- 
uted to Governor Bates, Frank Lyman, whose father presented the 
Academy; Mayor Hallett, President Seelye, and Oscar Edwards, who 
provided for Governor Long's guests. The ladies who accom])anied 
the Governor's party were also assigned boxes. 

Without a plentiful su]>ply of music, the Celebration would have 
been incomplete, and the Committee on Music, Col. Hcnrv L. Williams, 
chairman, made the most of the funds at their disposal, furnishing there- 
with the excellent concerts, indoors and o|)en-air, and provided, besides, 
all the band music necessary for the parade. Visitors from other cities 
expressed their sur])rise at the local musical talent, and siH'incd to have 
■ been ignorant of or had forgotten al)out Northam])t()n's anc-ient and 
superior musical reputation. 

It was generally conceded that the Committee on Children's Exer- 
cises furnished a most useful and inspiring ])art of the entertainment, 
and the children themselves did their full duty. 

The most economical committee was that on Salutes. It did its 
work thoroughlv and well, and expended onh- $16 of its a])|:)ropriation 
of $100. The official bell-ringing and salutes were given onl\- on Mf)ndav 
morning, because there was considerable objection offered bv manv to 
their rc])Ctition the next day. 

Through the energetic efforts of Thomas A. Orcutt and Louis H. 
Warner of the Trans].)Ortation Committee, reduced rates w'ere secured 
on the different railroads entering the city, and their early action con- 
tril)ute(l largelv to swelling the crowd of out-of-town visitors. 

Through the influence of Councilor Richard W. Irwin, the kind 
offices of the Boston & Maine Railroad Comjiany were extended to the 
Transportation Committee, in a most signal way, in furnishing free 
transportation for the state troo})S from Springfield, who appeared in 
the parade of Tuesday. 



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Where all the committees did so well in the work of preparation, 
it is difficult to particularize, but the perfect results which followed are 
sufficient evidence that the preparations on the part of all were most 
creditable to all. 

The chairmen of committees were all workers, and chosen with 
rare skill and discretion for their tasks. Here the sub-committee 
which reported the list showed an evenness of judgment that was indeed 
remarkable, for out of the long hst of working members every one of 
them was proven fitted for his task. The managers of the Tri-cen- 
tenary Celebration, in 1954, will be fortunate indeed if they are as wise 
in the construction of their committees. 

His Honor the Mayor, Chairman of the Executive and Finance 
Committee, did not say much, — probably, and properly, considering 
his position that of a mere governor, or executive, to carry out the wishes 
of the people — but his constant presence at committee meetings was 
both an encouragement and inspiration to the workers, and all felt 
that he was a dignified and worthy chief representative of the city in 
its quarter-millennial year. 

To City Clerk Clapp, more than any other one man, is due the 
success of the Celebration, and the general thoroughness of the committee 
work already described. He was consulted by everybody, was visited 
frequently by the chairmen of all committees, and always had a ready 
answer or suggestion. If others faltered or hesitated, or seemed dis- 
couraged bv the inevitable obstacles which always accompany such 
undertakings, he was not at all affected, never showed the slightest 
discouragement, and his tact and good judgment were shown on more 
than one occasion, when that alone saved the day. 

©tber preparations 

Not the least important of the preparations was the location of 
sanitaries and the erection of drinking fountains at suitable places about 
the citv. The locations were made with excellent judgment and, sub- 
sequent events showed, with warm popular approval. 

Credit is due Wilham Grant and John E. Bates respectively, for 
furnishing the ice and water barrels. In connection with the work done 
in the line of sanitation and for public comfort, the preparations made 
bv the Home Culture Clubs and carried out, were most appreciated 
and noteworthv, and are referred to elsewhere. 



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With the co-operation of the Trustees of the Dickinson Hospital 
and Dr. I'>(]\var(l W. Brown, thc> cit\- ])liysician, it was arranged so that 
on the morning of the parade the ambulance should be kept in readiness 
for immediate service, with a ])hysician in attendance. It was j)lanned 
also to have ])hysicians acct^ssible at various ])oints on the line of the 
anniversary parade, and a full list of Ihcm was in ])ossession of all the 
ofihcers on the streets. It was hopi'd in this wa\- to minimize the results 
of any ])ossible accident which might occur owing to the ])resence of the 
large crowd exi)ected in the cit\- (in the ilav of tlu> ])arade. 




PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
Mayor's Office, City Hall, 
Northampton, May 31, A D. 1904. 
To Our Citizens, Grcctiuii: 

Whereas, our City Council has, in the exercise of a power duly 
granted unto it by our General Court, provided for a Celebration of the 
250th Anniversary of our settlement as a municipality, and a committee 
thereto duly authorized has designated Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 
June 5th, 6th and 7th next, as the time for such Celebration. Now, 
therefore. 

Let us each and all join heartily in the ceremonies of this notable 
occasion, for the success thereof depends upon our united efforts. 

Let us with pride recall the intelligent bravery of those who laid 
the strong foundations of our ancient and enduring city, and grate- 
fully recount their brave deeds, their voluntary privations and hardships 
in freedom's cause, for the results of their compelling efforts are the 
rich blessings we now enjoy. 

Let us tarrv for the brief season set apart for these ceremonies and 
recount the trials and dangers and reverentially mention the names of 
those who have placed their names high upon the honor roll of North- 
ampton's proud history. 

Let us, in humble imitation of their great virtues, pause for the 
time and dedicate ourselves to the performance of those dtities of citi- 
zenshi]) so essential to the jireservation of the institutions they bestowed 
upon us. 

To this end I recommend that all our people assemble in their 
houses of worship upon the Sabbath day of June 5th next, and there 
offer their devotions of thanksgiving and praise for the very many bless- 
ings which have been vouchsafed unto us by the Ruler of the Universe 
during our long and uninterrupted continuance as a municipality. 

And further, that all our people may be permitted to freely give 
themselves to the entertainment of our home-coming sons and daughters, 
our distinguished guests and the strangers who may be "within our 
gates," ancl to otherwise join in the festivities of the occasion, I recom- 
mend that, in so far as the same may be conveniently practicable, all 
business be suspended; that all our stores, shops and factories be closed 
upon the day of the civic, commercial and military parade, being June 
7th next. 

God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and our beloved 
City of Northampton. 

Henry C. Hallett, Mayor. 



CHIEF MARSHAL'S (GENERAL ORDER, No. i 

The following General Order, Xo. i, was issued \>y Chief Marshal 
Jairus E. Clark, Wednesday, June i : 

H EADorARTl' I<S 

CiiiKF Maksiiai. of •IIII-: J50TI1 Axxnic kSAKv I'ai^ade 
Cii'Xi'RAi, ( )ki)i;k. Xo. I . 

The eivie and nnhtary jtarade of the 250111 Anniversary Celebration 
will oceur June 7th. The line will be formed in Ward TJn-ee and will 
eonsist of at least six divisions. The line will be made up as follows: 

Advanee guard (jf sixteen deputy sheriffs, mounted. Tlu' following 
assignments have been made: To be ehief of stafT, Riehard W. Irwin; 
marshal of the first division, Col. Henry L. Williams; seeond division, 
Capt. Edw^ard P. Hall ; third di\-ision, detail not yet made ; fourth division, 
John J. Raleigh; fifth division, ehief of fire department, Frederiek E. 
Chase; sixth division, Frederiek G. jager. 

The first division will eonsist of the 3d battalion, Seeond Regiment 
of Infantry, M. V. M., Co. H, Naval Battalion of Sjjringfield; William 
L. Baker Post, G. A. R., Si)anish War Veterans, Sons of Veterans, the 
Governor and Staff and his Couneil and other distinguished guests, 
and deeorated private earriages. 

Seeond Di\dsion — Civie soeieties and other floats. 

Third Division — F^loats and earriages from the towns of Easthamp- 
ton, Southam])ton and Westhampton, and other ovit-of-town vehieles. 

F'ourth I3i\-ision — Historical floats, eoaehes, etc., rei)resenting the 
manufaeturing industries of the citv. 

Fifth Division — Northam])ton fire department. 

Sixth Division — iVutomobiles. 

The autoniolnle division will not aj)])ear in sueh a way as io \)C a 
source of danger bv frightening horses, as it will take no ])art in the 
countermarch. It will leave the main line at Crescent street and join 
the left of the line when it passes the watering trough in North 1-dm 
street. 

The line of march is that ])ublishe(l by the Parade Committee. 

The chiefs of divisions will ap)])oint their own aids. 

The head of each division will l)e provided with martial music. 

All those wdio are to join in the line of march in any way wdiatever 
will at once notifv Capt. Richard W. Irwin, chairman of the Parade 
Committee, not later than Saturday next, stating wdiat their contribu- 
tions will be, wdieth'?r in floats, coaches, carriages, marching men or 
otherwise. It is most essential that this should be done, that the line 
may be properly arranged and places for the formation of the special 
division assigned. 

To guard against injury or accident it is recommended that any 
vehicle draw^n bv more than two horses shall have footmen at the head 



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of the leading horses, said footmen to be dressed in some sort of tmiform 
or distinguishing dress. 

No float or coach or other vehicle shall be higher than twelve feet 
six inches from the ground. This is to prevent accidents from bridges 
and trolley wires. 

All who are to participate in the parade are ordered to report at the 
junction of Hawley and Bridge streets, near the underpass on Main 
street, at 9 o'clock, on Tuesday, June 7th, and any one not so reporting 
must form in the rear of the division they are assigned to when they 
report. 

By order of 

J.\iRUS E. Clark, ('Iiicj Marshal. 
Bv Chief of Staff, Richard W. Irwix. 



CHIEF MARSHAL'S GENERAL ORDER, No. 2 

The following General Order, concerning the preparations and 
make-up of the parade, were issued by Chief Marshal Jairus E. Clark, 
Saturday afternoon, June 4: 

General Orders, No. 2. 
Headquarters of the Chief Marshal, 

June 4, 1904. 

All who are to ]jarticipate in the parade will report to the Marshal 
of the division to which they are assigned, as hereinafter indicated, 
at 9 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday next. It will require at least 
one hour to arrange the line ; therefore it is imperatively necessary that 
all shall report promptly, as the parade will begin at 10 o'clock sharp, 
at which time a signal will be fired bv the naval battalion from Spring- 
field. 

Aids will be stationed at the junction of Hawley, Bridge and Market 
streets to direct parties to the divisions to which they have been assigned. 

The headquarters of the Chief Marshal will be at the junction of 
Bridge street and Pomeroy Terrace. The heads of divisions will be as 
follows : 

Headquarters of First Division in front of the residence of John L. 
Draper on Bridge street; Col. Henry L. Williams, marshal. 

Headquarters of Second Division will be at the junction of Pom- 
eroy Terrace and Bridge street; Capt. Edward P. Hall, marshal. 

Headquarters of the Third Division will be at the junction of Pine 
and Bridge streets; Edward L. Shaw, marshal. 



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Headquarters of the Fourth Division will l,c at the eorncr of Briclge 
and Orchard streets; John ]. Raleigh, marshal 

Headquarters of the Fifth Division will be at the junetion of Han- 
coek and Hawley streets; Frederick E. Chase, chief of" fire .lei.artnient 
marshal. ' 

Head<iuarters of the Sixth Division (automobiles) will be at the 
junction of lower Pleasant an<l Holvoke streets; Frederick G Ta<rer 
marshal. -' '^ ' 

1 again imi)ress uijon all who are to )oin m the i)ara(le the necessitv 
ot extreme caution m the management of their vehicles, to the end that 
there may be no accident or injurv to any one. 

All who are to participate m the line 'of march will start from the 
])lace where the line is formed, as it will be im])ossi])le to alUnv them 
conveniently and safely to join at other points. 

I ask the good-natured co-operation of all partieii)ating in the 
parade, that it ma_\- be that grand success that ought to crown our 
efforts in this matter. 

The colors of th? Chief Marshal and vStaff will l)e red, of the Second 
Division, white; Third Division, blue; Fourth Division, vellow; Fifth 
Division, green, and Sixth Division, purple. 

Jairus E. Clark, Chief Marshal. 
By Richard W. IrwIxX, 67nV/ of Staff. 




DECORATIONS AND ILLUMINATIONS 

WITH the ]n-actic'al conijjlction of most of the eonnnittee work, 
the prochmiation of the Mayor, and the general orders of the 
Chief Marshal, this record Ijrings the reader to a relation of 
the com])letcd results, so far as deeorations and illuminations were con- 
cerned, vSaturday [night, June 4, and a description of these features 
requires saparate chapters. 

T H E D E C R A T 1 N S 

Th'^ Committee on Decorations contracted with the American 
Decorating Company of South Framingham to care for the puljlic build- 
ings and carry out th? scheme for arraying Main street, and this concern 
did its work well. Warren M. King, the chairman of the committee, 
gave this subjr'ct almost his entire time during th? last two weeks pre- 
ceding the Celebration, visited Hartford and other places where cele- 
brations were then or recentlv had been in progress, and returned home 
determined to have the best. Mr. King found that the decorations in 
some places were torn, dingv and worn out for the most part, and one of 
the conditions of the contract with the American Decorating Company 
was that all the material used on Main street should l)e bran new. 
The result was that when the work was done, the effect was much supe- 
rior to the ordinarv run of similar decorative work in the large cities. 

The scheme for Mam street, favored by the late Mr. Copeland, and 
for which he had a striking design or sketch prepared, months before 
his death, contemplated making Main street a veritable bower of flags 
and bunting, from th- under]jass to City Hall, and his plan was car- 
ried farther bv Mr. King and his committee, with the contractors, in 
extending the scheme to the junction of Elm and West streets. Their 
])lan of decoration brought into use the twenty-two trolley j^oles on each 
side of the street — forty-four in all. These were used to su])port three 
separate pieces of decoration; first, a ■'[nill" of the national colors, in 
stripes, about eight feet long, caught up and draped in a curtain effect; 
next to that a quarter-circle or fan-shaped combination of the national 
colors, and beyond that the national flag. These pieces of decoration 
were suspended from a pole at right angles with the trolley pole and 
hung sufhcientlv high (about eight feet) above the ground to be out of 
reach of mischievous bovs or rowdies; as shown in the illustration of 
the scen^ n'^ar th-^ underpass on Main street. 



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A gay overhead show was made the entire length of the street bv 
stretching across, from curb to curb, attached to the roofs of Iniilchngs. 
and about sixty feet apart, a cohection of signal flags, and flags of all 
nations, with the American flag in the center of each line. There were 
thirty of these streamers, and all the material used being bright and 
new, this contributed greatly to the success of the general scheme of 
Main street decoration, which was so much admired by visitors. 

When the sun set Saturdav night every business block on Main 
street was decorated with flags or bunting, and the eft'ect was univer- 
sallv conceded, by citizens and visitors alike, to be the most elegant and 
sumptuous ever seen in th" same area of space anywhere: for it was not 
only completely comprehensive, but the worn, dingy eft'ect so noticeable 
in the average schemes of street decoration was entirely lacking, and 
the whole display was one of sparkling brightness and beauty. 

This work was completed before the illuminations of the evening, 
described elsewdiere, and visitors found ])lenty to admire in the decora- 
tions, before the ten thousand lam])s of the night sent out their l)rilliant 
glow. The Court of Honor was a "thing of beauty" in the daytime as 
well as bv night, and was at all times the cynosure of all eyes. This 
structure was erected bv vSimons cSc Fox of Hartford, and was mainlv a 



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combma ion of twelve white pilla.s. ten of which were eighteen feet 
"^'^ ^^"f ^-'' ;-cnty feet h„h, an-an,cd n^-arlv ,n a semLarcle and 
lining the walks approachmg the Memorial Hall, „i front of whudi 
structure it was appropriatelv placed. Strings of laurel and winng for 
lamps extended from p.llar to ^Mnr and from different parts of the 
sjmi-circle to the roof of the building. In front, near the sidewalk on 
Mam street, stood an areh, to be illuminated, with the lettering ■'10,4- 
Northampton — 1904." ^ 

The erection of a Court of Honor was the result of a compromise 
over a aifference of opinion as to the advi.sabihtv of erecting an arch on 
Mam street. An arch has always been considered the proper thing on 

such occasions, 
' and it seemed nec- 
essary to crown 
I the work of deco- 

\ ration with some 

large and hand- 
some set ])iece of 
design. The com- 
mittee went so far 
as to locate the 
])lace for an arch, 
but still were not 
quite satisfied to 
carry out the reg- 
ulation i)lan, when 
it occurred to 
them that it might 
be well to accept 
the suggestion of 
Chairman James 
W. Heffernan, of 
the Illumination 
Committee, and 
visit Hartford, 
where a notable 
(irand Armv cele- 
bration was then 
being held, and 




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see what was l.ein- ,lone there, rha.rnian K,n^ was aeeompanied to 
Harttonl l.y Jr.hn T. Dewey and Osear V. KW of Ins eommittee and 
Chan-man Heffeman of the Committee on Illuminations, and th'^ rcstdt 
was the hai)i.y seleetion of a C\,urt of Honor as the ecntial feature of 
deeoration, instead of an arch. From this tim. on the two commit- 
tees, on deeorations and ilkinnnations, workrd m unison an.l harmonv 
thus contributing to the pcMdeet results that followed. 

The City Hall front, next to the Court of Honor, was a bower of 
iiags and bunting, tiags were eaught up overhead m the poreh, under the 
great baleony, and the mass of color ran along all the lines of the build- 
ing to the Gothic turrets at the top. Tlie wor.l •'Welcome" and the 
city seal were the only diversions m the decorative scheme. The hand- 
some showing of this seal, m the City Hall decoiations, attracted much 
attention, as few of the visitors and many of th(^ citizens had ever seen 
It in any form. This seal presents considerable detail of design, and is 
not altogether understood. It was designed by a Northampton bov, 
Thomas M. Shepherd, while a young man, in i,SS4. The design consists 
of a circle of mulberry leaves, significant of the silk mdustrv. with the 
word "Northami)ton"' at the top, two female hgures and a landscape 
of local scenery including the "Old Church." Smith College tower, silk 
mills and the mountains, with the motto, "Caritas, Justitia, Educatio." 
One of the female figures represents the Goddess of Knowledge, sur- 
rounded with the symbols of learning, descending from her well-known 
eminence, to thank Charity for her many lil^eral bequests. Charity 
re])lies that she is inspired by a higher law. of Generositv, [ustice and 
Good Will. The agricultural interests are shown l)v a view of the 
meadows and farming im|)lements. 

Smith College buildings were decorated in an uni(pie and original 
wav. the conventional colors and arrangement being whollv discarded, 
this work being projierly delegated to Miss Marv R. Williams of 
the college art department. Her conception of taste in this matter 
^vas generally approved by those who recognize the htness of things. 
The Chemistry building was decorated with bands of white and red 
cloth, and the Hillyer Art building and the Presid-^nt's house were 
festooned in the empire style, with wl-ite eh (s cloth, caught u]) with 
rosettes of magenta colored cloth and wreaths of laurel. This same 
comljination was carried out on the front of the Administration build- 
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and here, besides the national 
flajj;, waved the fla.i^s of all 
the classes, while the national 
flati: was also draped over the 
front entrance. 

Forbes Library, the Ilitrh 
vSchof)l building, Academy of 
Music, and Clarke Library 
were all festooned with the 
national colors, and embel- 
lished witli the different de- 
signs intended for illumi- 
nation. 

The committee's ])lan 
( mbraced the decoration of 
the South street bridge and 
the Main street underjjass, 
all the hre engine houses 
and school-houses of the citv, 
including Florence, Leeds 
and Hay State; the reviewing 
stand, which was erected on 
Main street, nearly in front 
of French's store, and the 
anniversary tent. The Burn- 
liam-Ca])en school buildings 
and flome Culture Clubs 
house w'ere tastefully deco- 
rated by the management. 
The countv ofticials were not behindhand in recognizing the im- 
portance of the occasion, for thev directed the decoration of the court- 
house and assented to the illumination of the court-house fountain, 
elsewhere described. 

The exterior of (kid Fellows hall, in I)ew(>y's block, was covered 
wnth the emblems of the order, the three links, shepherd's crook, bundle 
of sticks, emblematic of the power of union and co-operation; a heart 
in the hand, a crown, sword, and re])resentation of Rebekah at the well. 



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M I r H Charities 



The armory of Coni]);in\- 1 was 
of course well cared for, and a ])ic- 
turc of the battle of San juan 
Hill, in which the old conipanv 
had a ])art, was })laced o\-er the 
front entrance. 

Close 1)\' is the old Whitney 
w ^w^jvw^ginpi^H^^^M'HHr. homestead and site of the home 

I JBil V^Hrtlj^^^K^p^^^^' ' f)f Jonathan Edwards, and this 

was decorated by direction of the 
heirs of the Edwards family, who 
sent funds to the ['executive Com- 

»^ _^^ „ , ^— ^.„ , , ^«.» ,, mittee for that ])ur])ose. Historic 

t^r'^SC \ UdSjM 1 MBI ^^ old King street, as a whole, was 

''™ ^ ml^M V KB also well cared for. The French 

church ])arsonage, formerly the 
Erastus Hopkins i)lace, and the old 
Doctor Fisk place, now owned by 
Joseph L. Fowler, were festooned 
with bunting. 

Every house on the projected line of march, on Bridge street, was 
decorated; all on Henshaw avenue, including the specially tine dis- 
plays of Capt. Richard W. Irwin and Charles E. Childs. Every house 
on Elm street displayed more or less Inniting, and the decorations on 
the residence of J. Howe Demond were of unusual elaljoration. 

Of more than ordinary interest in the way of decoration was what 
was done in this line for two of the older and more historic houses of 
the town — that owned and occupied by Thomas I\L Shepherd and built 
bv his famous ancestors, as also the old Chauncey E. Parsons house, 
fronting the Bridge street |)ark. 

The exteriors of the churches were not decorated, the nearest ap- 
proach to decoration being at the First church, where two American 
ffags were crossed and intertwined over the front entrance. 

The best decorated hotel m the city was The Hampton, fol- 
lowed closelv by the Bay State House and City Hotel. The Mansion 
House was not at this time in commission as a hotel. Init the owner of 
the block, John L. Draper, did his share in the honors of the occasion. 
The Union Station, with its long arcade, was sparingly but j-udiciously 
decorated, considering the danger from locomotive sparks. 



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Beldings' mill 
and boa rd i n g 
house displa\'e(l 
attractive 
schemes of dec- 
oration, and the 
Armour a n d 
Handy Bee f 
Company btiild- 
ings on Market 
street and the 
S w i f t C o m - 
pany's ])lace on 
Hawley street, 
were handsome- 
1 \' trimmed. 
Besides those 
mentioned in 
the foregoing 
paragraphs, all 
places were dec- 
orated that were 
illuminated, as 
described in the 
article following, on illuminations. 

At Florence, Lillv Library and most of the businc^ss ])laces, the 
Florence Hotel and Cottage Hotel, were cared for, and this ])art of the 
city showed its full share of public spirit and patriotism when the hour 
struck. 

THE I L LU M I N A T I N S 

The improvements of electrical invention have made it ])ossible 
to supplement the effect of decorations on buildings and streets with 
some verv striking combinations of color and light, and this was first 
realized in this citv when the Committee on Illuminations had com- 
pleted their work with the contractors, Simons & Fox of Hartford. 
Chairman James W. Heffernan of this committee had given two months 
of studv and work to the matter, and, confronted at Hrst with a prol)lem 




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95 



entirely new to him. he yet succeeded in grappling with a i.uzzling mass 
of details m a very satisfactory wav. the local electric light comi^any 
aiding m the technical work with courtesy and promptitude and giving 
much gratuitous service. The light was iirst turned on to the complete 
illumination scheme Saturday night. June 4, and the effect was magnifi- 
cent. On the various public buildings were thousands of lamps hanging 
on long stretches of wire, m festoons, from point to i)oint. on the cornices 
and side walls of the ditTerent structures. 




() D D Fell o w s Hal l 

From vSmith College to the corner of Main and King streets, there 
was a continuous blaze of light, making the broad. i)ictures(iue Main 
street almost as clear as by day. From the college tower blazed several 
large arc lights, which, sometimes hidden by light foliage and anon 
brought into full view from another ])oint of ol)servation, seemed like 
a group of newly discovered moons in the heavens. Forbes Lil)rarv 
was a mass of most brilliant corruscation of colored lights, its situation, 
back from the street, lending itself admirably to heighten the effect. 



J^y'^^r^i^<t:»:*aitf 




The Court of Honor at X i 



Over the front arch of the stone ]:)orch shone the figures " 1654-1 ()04."' 
From one side of the Iniilding to the other, hnes of hght extended and 
the large Ijay window of the reference room was outlined in light from 
scores of lamps festooned from the eaves of the roof to the sills of the 
large windows. Next was the High School building, which was more 
simply illuminated, Init the light-colored brick seemed to furnish an 
additional glow to the light scheme The mystic "250" years of the 
past shone in figures over the entrance, and ]am])s in a continuous line 
extended along the Main and South street fronts. 

The Academy of Music was very etTectively illuminated b_\- placing 
rows of colored lights in the panes of the large front windows, while far 
above these the terra cotta panel, bearing the words, "Academy of 
Mtisic," was lighted with plain lamps, so as to give the effect of foot- 
lights. On the front lawn was a powerful reflecting light, which 
turned a brilliant glow upon the lower part of the building. 

From this |)oint the blaze lighted one on to the beautiful Court of 
Honor, in front of the Clarke Library. This was the most elaborate 
work of the electrician's art, as also of the decorator's, already described. 
No description, however, can do this work justice. It simply stands 
out in the memory of those who saw it, like a most beautiful fleeting 
vision. The chaste white fluted pillars, with their carved Corinthian 



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capital, were capped by glowing disks, which faced the interior of the 
court and the street; then the hght of hundreds and hundreds of incan- 
descent lamps extended in graceful curving lines from pillar to pillar, 
and from the w^ide arch at the front of the court to the building in the 
rear. The lights in the festoons and long lines were uncolored, but 
those which surrounded the disks were many colored. Over the 
entrance to the library was the crown piece of illuminating art, the 
national flag picked out in its proper colors of red, white and blue, the 
stars and stripes all there — a living flag of light. About three hundred 




Lilly Library 



Florence 



lamps were required to complete this piece of work. On one side of 
the doorwav the seal of the United States was surrounded by a border 
of lights and on the other the Massachusetts coat of arms was lighted 
in a similar manner. Festoons of light extended from the sides of the 
building to the very apex of the roof, and a little beyond, to the left, 
could be seen the roof of the office building of the local gas company 
outlined in lines of glowing gas jets. 

The City Hall was naturally one of the best illuminated public 
buildings, and standing, as it does, at the best vantage point for view 



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of any |)ublic building on the street, it could be seen a considerable dis- 
tance, in all its glory, — such a splendor as it will probably never be 
clothed in again, for the life of public buildings is limited. Over the 
ancient porch, with its well-worn steps, the word "Welcome" shone out 
in letters of brilliant light. Thirty feet or more above, the figures on 
the citv seal were framed in other lamps. On one side of the porch, 
on an oval shield, was the date of the city's incorporation, " 1654," and 
on the other side, in the same fashion, the anniversary year, "1904." 
Close festoons of light interlaced the front, in the middle and on the 
sides, and high overhead, against the darkened night sky, gleamed 
curving lines of various colored lamps, extending from the edge of the 
roof and the quaint old turrets to the top of the flagstaff. 

One of the most popular features of the illumination was the light- 
ing of the little court house fountain. This simple spout of water was 
transformed into a kaleidoscopic display of light and color, which greatly 
captivated the eye. An upright pole, rising from the pile of lettered 
stones furnished by the towns of the county, supported wires extending 
to the edge of the basin, and from these wires were suspended, at short 
distances, red, green and white globes. Then the water, thrown from the 
urn, with all available force, fell in heavy showers of prismatic light, 
and seemed to sink, in a pool of dazzling brilliancy, and to counterfeit, 
in a way, a shower of the richest gems of earth and meteors of the sky. 

Some of the business blocks were illuminated with set designs, and 
the best display in this line was made by the Northampton Institu- 
tion for Savings. On the front of its building was a geometrical design 
about six feet high, worked out in lights surrounding a large star, wdiose 
center was composed of light green lamps. At the Northampton National 
Bank front were two brilliant shields, on which appeared respectively 
the dates "1833" and "1904." The First National Bank offered a 
fine vantage point for illumination, which was fully availed of by the 
extension of several lighted streamers, containing about 500 incandes- 
cent lamjjs. The vSmith Charities building, just beyond, was illuminated 
m the same way. Farther up-town a large bright star marked the 
corner of the Columbian block, and Rahar's Inn, once the home of 
the late Capt. Enos Parsons, had an illuminated transparent arch over 
the entrance to the grounds, announcing that this was "Down Where 
the Wurzburger flows." 



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GoviiRXMR Bates, Staif and Lauiks at Culncii.ok Irwin's REsn)KN( i:, Ckesc ent St. 



The illumination of Main street was increased by the introduction 
of powerful calcitim lights from the arcade of the union station and the 
roof of the First National Bank, and the bright rays from these machines 
were sent streaming the whole length of the street, with bewildering 
effect to some of the uninitiated, who seemed much puzzled by the 
frequent glare. 

The illumination did not as a rule extend to private residences, 
tmtil Monday night, and then it was mostly interior window display. 
The house occupied by Dr. Sidney A. Clark, on Bridge street, was elab- 
oratelv illuminated on the otitside with electric lamps and attracted 
much attention. The fountain on the grounds of the Pierpont boarding 
house, corner of Park and State streets (the old Whitcomb place), was 
illuminated in a manner somewhat similar to the court-house fountain, 
and some of the passers-by considered it almost as beautiful as the 
down-town fountain. 



SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE CELEBRATION 

Was spent generally by citizens in viewing the decorations and illumi- 
nations just described, a trial of the latter being made in most cases, 
and giving an excellent opportunity for the curious to anticipate the 
complete spectacle of the three following days and nights. 

No other public entertainment was provided for that evening, 
except an independent one, at the Warner Meadow golf grounds. There 
was talk, at one time, of having an historical play in the Academy of 
Music, as a part of the Celebration program, but this feature was finally 
abandoned, for lack of time to carry it out. A very pleasing substitute 
and appropriate introduction to the Celebration, however — whether so 
intended or not — was the production, by Ben Greet's companv of 
English out-door players, Saturday afternoon and evening, June 4, on 
the Warner Meadow golf grounds, of Shakespeare's plays, "Much Ado 
About Nothing" and "Midsummer Night's Dream." 

These performances were attended, afternoon and evening, by 
large audiences, and furnished a most delightful prelude to the festivities 
of the coming week. The night performance terminated, unhappily, 
in a heavy shower of rain, and increased anxiety as to the weather 
outlook for the next few days, but this fear was, happily, not justified. 




TheClTY'S 





MOTTO h 

-^i 



-: 



'"Cantae, BiMicatio, 3u6titia' 



CHARITY 

In faith and hope mankind will disagree. 
But all mankind's concern is charity. 



Pope 



Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after 
many days. 

Bible 



Charity begins at home, yet should not end there. When 
your own courtyard thirsts do not ]>our the \vater abroad. 

M. Greek 



EDUCATION 

For \ye should remember that nothing is more natural for 
people ^yhose education is neglected than to s])cll Eyolution 



with an initial R. 



Lowell 
Democracy " 



Make Knowledge circle with the winds. 
But let her herald. Reverence, tly 
Before her. 

Te.xxvson 

" Lojr tlion lliv Lautl ' 



JUSTICE 

Justice is the rightful sovereign of the world. 



Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. 



Pindar 



Latin 



Nothing brings a man more honor than to be invariably 
just. 

Ibid 




T 



II K l)rcaking waves dashed high 
On a stern and rock-hound coast, 

And the heavy night hung dark 

The hills and waters o'er, 
When a. band of exiles mooted their bark 

On the wild New England shore. 

What sought they thus afar ? 

Bright jewels of the mine ? 
The wealth of seas, the spoil of war ? — 

They sought a faith's pure shrine ! 

Ay, call it holy ground. 

The soil where first they trod ; 
They have left vmstained what there they found - 

Freedom to worship God. 

Felicia Hemans. 




THE FIRST D A Y J^ S U N D A Y 



sp:rmons and services in the churches 



"Vr-.WM- l(. I, 111- CimI; ilin.ui.'h :ill c.iir |i:i-i lli> iiiii;lily arin lial li licM us fast ; 
Till wars ami pcriU, l.nN ami Icar-. ha\c l)rmitrlil the iicli ami l'iiiilf\il ypars." 

B IRcw duilanJ) SunDa\2 

Ov.M- all the luwn nv-lcl thr L(ii,l> pear, .. There was no xmml on t ho vilhlKP st reet . Look 
either way — not a vohicle, not a human beind. 'I'lio smoke rose up solierly and quietly, as if it 
said, — It is Sunday! Tlie leaves on the Kreat elms hung motionless, dlitteriiiK willi dew, as if they, 
too. like the people who dwelt under their shadow, were waiting for the hell to ring for meeting! 

IIks'kv \V'm(i> Bkkcuku, in " Noiwood.'' 



OTHI'^R (lays ot llic Celebration dawned not so fair, but on Sun- 
day, June 5, Lgo4, the sun rose clear over the eastern hills, and 
found Northampton arrayed like a bride to meet her beloved. 
The near-by mountains, seared and furrowed bv the shock of ages, yet 
ever young, seemed to grant a benediction to the scene, as uj) from the 
verdant meadows, sparkling and dewy with the fragrance of an early 
New I'^ngland summer morning, the city seemed to spring into life 
and pour forth its peo])le, old and young, upon the streets, to do honor 
to the exercises of the first day of the week and the first dav of the Cel- 
ebration. Yet over all brooded the quiet of the Sabbath of the fathers, 
and the early settlers, could they have looked upon the scene, would 
have been gratified indeed, doubtless, to see the unanimitv with which 
most of the inhal)itants wended their way to the churches, in reverent 
manner and with thankful hearts. 

Northampton churches were ])rol)ably never l)efore so crowded. 
In every congregation something was done to honor the occasion, not 
only in the sermons, but in the music, and generally during the Sunday 
school hours. Each church found j)lenty of honor within its own walls, 
but many outside of all congregations were attracted to the First ("Old ") 
Church, because of its older history and the conscciuent prestige attached 
to its service this day. In the limited number of pages allotted to this 
work, it has l)een found impossible to report sermons in full, although 
it w^as at first hoped to do so. As near as ])ossible the reports have 
been gauged to the importance of the several churches, and yet it was 
found impossible to make a fast rule in this case even. One of 
the most interesting discourses, from an historical point of view, was 



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the sermon of the pastor of the Baptist Church, treating upon the 
famous half-way covenant of the old-time churches, but this matter 
was also referred to in the sermon preached at the First Church, and is 
a matter of quite familiar local history. The discourse at St. Mary's 
Church is also of interest, because of its recital of a tragical bit of old 
local history, concerning the Irish lads Halligan and Daley, and the 
fact that the preacher's statement of the innocence of the accused was 
disputed in the local press within a day or two after he made it ; but the 
facts were correctly stated by the preacher at St. Mary's Church. 

In nearly all the churches an appropriate musical program was 
rendered, and at the First Church and others some of the music written 
by the old First Church organist. Prof. George Kingsley, was given, 
the "Old" Church also noting the occasion with a complete historical 
musical service, under the direction of Organist and Director Ralph L. 
Baldwin. 



The one great poem of New England is her Sunday. 
Through that she has escaped raateriahsm. That has been 
a crystal dome overhead, through which Imagination has 
been kept alive. New England's imagination is to be found — 
not in art or literature, but in her inventions, her social 
organism, and, above all, in her religious life. The Sabbath 
has been the nurse of that. When she ceases to have a 
Sundav, she will be as this landscape is — now growing dark, 
all its lines blurred, its distances and gradations fast merging 
into sheeted darkness and night. 

A Sunday Night Reflection in " Norwood." 



FIRST CHURCH .IND SUND.ir SCHOOL 



THE First ("Old") Church was crowded at the morning service 
far beyond the hmits of its usual congregation, as the oldest 
churcli and the pastoral home of the great theologian, Jona- 
than Edwards, naturally would be, ujwn such an occasion, and the 
musical service, given upon a subse([uent i)age, was listened to with no 
less profound attention than the graphic historical discourse of the 
pastor. 

Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose took for his subject, "Religious Bcginnmgs 
in Northampton." His text was from Psalm 
44: 3 — "For they got not the land possession 
by their own sword; neither did their own 
arm save them; but thy right hand and thine 
arm, and the light of thy countenance, be- 
cause thou hadst a favor unto them." 

It was a great day in Northampton on 
which its first church was formed. At the 
same meeting the church was organized and 
the first minister ordained. And because of 
the importance of the occasion and the brev- 
ity and fitness of the report of it, I will read 
you the record as it stands in our most prec- 
ious and ancient book of church records. 

"The church was gathered at North- 
ampton June 1 8th, 1661. The persons that 
begun that work were in number eight, viz: 
Mr. Eleazar Mather, David Wilton, Wilham 
Clarke, John Strong, Henry Cunliffe, Hervev 
Woodward, Thomas Roote, Thomas Hanchett. Messengers that were 
present from four churches: — Mr. Pelatiah Glover, Deacon Clapp, 
Thomas Tilstone from the Church of Christ at Dorchester; Mr. John 
Eliot, Sen., Goodman Williams from the Church of Christ at Roxburv ; 
Capt. John Pynchon, Deacon Chapin from the church at Sjn-ingfield ; 
Mr. John Russel the pastor, Mr. Goodwin, Goodman White from the 
Church of Christ at Hadleigh. And the same day, after they had 
entered into covenant, they chose Mr. Eleazar Mather to the office 
of a pastor, which they had concluded to do before, and desired Rev. 
Mr. Eliot and Rev. Mr. Russel to ordain him, which accordingly was 
done. " 

Here are two or three names of special interest to us. John Pyn- 
chon and Dea. Samuel Chapin from the First Church in Springfield, 
together with Elizur Holyoke, deserve a place among the founders of 
this town. These are the men, though never settled here, whose en- 
dorsement upon the petition of the first adventurers commended their 
enterprise to the favor of the General Court. We have, therefore, a 




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certain interest in Springfield's traditions and in her noble statues 
commemorating her founders. 

Another member of that group which recognized the new church 
was John Eliot, Senior, pastor of the church at Roxbury, the famous 
missionary to the Indians and maker of the Indian Bible. The other 
minister who took part in the ordination was Mr. Russel of Hadley, in 
whose house were sheltered two of the judges who passed sentence on 
King Charles I of England. 

It will not be inferred from the late formation of the church that 
the people had but then awakened to the importance of religion. On 
the contrary, these were the kind of men for whom religion is the breath 
of life. They were courageous souls, in a manner sifted out and chosen 
from a greater number. Of the forty-five whose names were attached to 
the original petition and covenant, only fourteen became actual settlers, 
nor were all these here from the outset. It was an easy thing to enlist, 
but in view of the perils of the real adventure the hearts of many failed 
them. There were twenty families to begin the plantation. They needed 
all their courage. Theirs was a hamlet on the frontier. Except to the 
south their nearest neighbors were eighty miles away. There were no 
roads. The river was the highway. And when this was low they fol- 
lowed bridle paths or cart tracks through the woods. The place itself 
was very fair; the hills encompassed them, but their isolation was com- 
plete. Life was tolerable enough in summer time, but the earliest winters 
must have been bitter indeed. Their greatest danger was from the 
Indians. These for twenty years were friendly, but after that, for three- 
quarters of a century, the townsmen lived in apprehension. They 
erected frail barricades of wood against their foes, but their best de- 
fence was the stoutness of their hearts. From fifty to a hundred of them 
in all, men, women, and children, were slain by the savages. The first 
recorded birth in the new settlement is of a child, who was killed twenty 
years after in the attack on Northfield. Thirty years after that Eunice 
Mather, daughter of the first minister, and wife of Rev. John Williams, 
a captive in the hands of the Indians, was slain on the way to Cana.da. 
These were times when the farmers took their guns to the meadows. CjThe 
town had a garrison in it; there were famous Indian fighters. The 
people here were always proud of warlike merT) The committee appointed 
to build the third meeting-house was composed of seven men, of whom 
five bore military titles. Still the life of the colonists had its compen- 
sations. It was rude and narrow, but they had known no other sort. 
It was a life of liberty at least, free from convention and tyranny, with 
possibilities in it, and abundance of room. It was all new. The enter- 
prise was of the sort to appeal to youthful hearts, and I suppose most of 
the settlers were young men. We shall never know how many of them 
were born in England, but it is more likely that many of them knew the 
mother country only through hearing it talked about around the fire. 
Thev do not seem to have been men of culture, or to have brought 



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nni\"crsit\' degrees with tlicni. Tlie inimis^M-ation liail ])raetieally eeased 
some \-ears before thev eame, and it is ])rol)al)le that more than half of 
the eomi)an\- had been horn in Ameriea. Another faet indieates that 
the\- were of tlie \onnger age. During the hrst seven years, only eleven 
deaths were retoriled. This is very different from the story of Plymouth, 
wdien in the hrst winter one-half the Mayllower eompany were laid at 
rest jn the frozen ground. 

(^heir eommon passion and strongest motive was religion. It is 
very true that their errand was not a erusade or mission. They did not 
])retend that they were here to found in the woods an outjjost of the 
eity of God. Tliev were men of eommon sense, with a sure business 
ins'tinet. This appears in their first ])etition to the General Court "for 
libertv to plant, possess and inhabit Nonotuck." They "hope that 
corn and eattle may be raised here, beside the ])ro])agation of the Gosi)el, 
and a comfortable subsistence may enable people to wait u])on God in 
his holv ordinances without distractions." 

But under these phrases, mixed of ]Aet\ and shrewdness, it is not 
hard to detect an accent of sincerity. The worldly aim was subordi- 
nated to the needs of religion. They practiced life in a reverent temper. 
Faith w^as the strongest factor in their characters, sustaining them with 
a glorious exhilaration and confidence. It brought an element of idealism 
into their lives, wdiich had been sordid and narrow enough without it. 
The practical nature of their religion appears in one of their first public 
acts. Before the vear was out, they had begun the erection of a meeting 
house. This fabric, "of sawen tirnber, with a chimney, a thatched roof 
two windows and a single door," was not of imposing dimensions, but 
it w^as without doubt the best building in the village. It was not designed 
expressly for religious worshi]). for the first freemen had not thought 
that their town meetings were purely secular occasions. Not until the 
fourth house of worship was built was any church here dedicated to the 
worship of God bv special ceremonies. This was the oldest meeting 
house save one in Western Massachusetts. It was very soon outgrowai, 
though it answ^ered the needs of the peoph during the first brief i)astor- 
ate. It is not known who conducted the i)ublic services during the 
first vear or two. The order of service was very simple. Between 
])rayer and sermon a Psalm was sung; unless an elder or assistant was 
present no Scripture w^as read. There was no bell in the first meeting 
house, and the people were assembled at the call of the trumpet. 

The small number of Christian men associated in the church must 
not lead us to conclude that their act was of no importance in the eyes 
of the communitv. The method followed here was one in vogue m 
many places. A few prominent men were chosen as a center of organi- 
zation. These, known as the pillars of the church, made a covenant 
with each other, were recognized by council and then by vote admitted 
others to fellowship, and so the church was gathered. Of the seven 
founders not all were among the original settlers. Three came from 



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no QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Dorchester, with the new minister, by letters commissioned "to join 
with others for the gathering of a church in Northampton." They were 
men of influence and good estate. Some of the seven, if not all, were 
born in England. Three of them bore names that are not now repre- 
sented in our city directory. 

A covenant was adopted and signed at this meeting by the original 
seven and others, until seventy-one had signed. It were good to know 
who devised and wrote this covenant, for a sweeter and more spiritual 
form of words of this order the past has not left us. The names under- 
written represent much history and romance, and revered and dear 
family traditions in this and many another place go straight back to 
them. They are good English names, two for each person and no more. 
As nearly as possible one -half are the names of women, quaint and 
simple and old-fashioned enough, and, it might be guessed, less piously 
chosen than in after generations. 

In the seven years, between the founding of the town and the 
organization of the church, the original conij^any of twentv families had 
grown to a community of about three hundred. vSo manv of them were 
children whose names were not affixed to the covenant, though they 
were considered members in a way, that it appears^ the church might 
have comprised almost the entire adult population. ^ Among the names 
preserved with the covenant, without marks to distinguish it from the 
rest, is that of Eleazar Mather, the first minister. He was the son of 
Richard Mather of Dorchester, and brother of Increase, greatest of the 
name, and uncle of Cotton Mather .J) He was born in Dorchester in 
1637. Was graduated at Harvard when he was nineteen, and at 
twenty-one years of age came here to preach. He died after eleven 
years of service at the age of thirty-two. His work here was mainly 
local. He was a diligent and earnest man, and with all it,seems prudent 
and sagacious, for he left a not inconsiderable property j) His nephew 
Cotton said of him, "As he was a very zealous preacher, and accordinglv 
saw many seals of his ministry, so he was a very pious worker, and 
remarkably ripe for heaven." 

After the death of Eleazar Mather the church lost no time in filling 
the vacant office. The second pastor was Solomon Stoddard. Fol- 
lowing the custom he preached by way of trial, but hardly, one would 
think, for so long a time as intervened before his ordination, which took 
place in 1672. The parish had made liberal provision for his support, 
voted money for his house and given him title to land in the meadows, 
for the minister at that time, like every other man, was a farmer. The 
ceremonies at his installation are recorded in the church book in his 
own handwriting. He was a prolific writer, an eager controversialist, 
publishing pamphlets and sermons in the manner of the day. Yet he 
was a man of reserve and modesty, of cjuiet and dignified manners and 
sincere piety. He was not a great philosopher, like his grandson, Mr. 
Edwards, and his interest in theological problems was rather practical 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS m 



than speculative. He was a man of great sagacity, wise in counsel 
considerate of the ethical aspects of religious doctrines. He discussed 
questions of personal conduct such as these: " What right doth belong 
to the Sabbath?" "At what time of the evening doth the Sabbath 
begin .^" "Did we any wrong to the Indians in buying their land at a 
small price?" " Is it lawful for men to set their dwelling houses at such 
a distance from the place of public worship that they and their families 
cannot attend it?" "Is it lawful to wear long hair?'' 

In their times these questions were of importance, with religious 
bearings. But Stoddard's fame does not rest on these discussions. 
His name is forever associated with the fierce debate which stirred the 
churches concerning sacramental questions. Mr. Stoddard advocated 
what came to be the prevailing custom in nearly all the churches in these 
parts on the half-way covenant question, though oddly enough he took 
a view opposed both by his predecessor and successor here. When he 
came, the church had already adopted the more liberal view of the sacred 
ordinance, which its hrst pastor had opjjosed. The action was deferred 
for a time, perhaps in deference to Mr. Mather's wishes, but toward the 
end of his life it was adopted, whether to his grief or not we are not told. 
After Mr. Stoddard was installed the church voted "That from year to 
year such as grow up to adult age in the church shall present themselves 
to the elders, and if they seem to understand and assent unto the doctrine 
of faith, not to be scandalous in life and willing to submit themselves to 
the government of Christ in this church, shall publicly own the covenant 
and be acknowledged members of the church." 

There follows a form of words to be used in the admission of members 
into a state of education, and another form to be used at the admission 
of members into full communion. Mr. Stoddard published views which 
drew to him great attention and a degree of opposition. He described 
the Lord's Supper as a regenerating ordinance. And it was his practice 
to admit baptized persons to communion without requiring evidence 
that they were changed in heart, or subject to any operation of divine 
grace. But we are not to conclude from this usage that Mr. Stoddard 
was a man to encourage dangerous liberalities. His idea was to transfer 
the decisive moment and experience from before until after partaking 
of the solemn rite. He believed as strongly as any of the brethren in 
regeneration and thought the sacrament a practical means of grace to 
secure it. And it is incredible that there should be truth in the report 
that he himself fixed his conversion at a time long after his ministry 
began and attributed it to a communion season, and a manifest answer 
to the prayers of his wife and the holy women of the congregation. 

As Mr. Stoddard's long and memorable pastorate drew to a close, 
he was greatly cheered and strengthened by the election on the part 
of the church of his grandson, Jonathan Edwards, as his colleague and 
successor. He died in 1730, and a great mourning was made for him. 
A leading minister said in a sermon, "For some years the most aged 



112 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

minister in the province, a Peter here among the disciples and ministers 
of our Lord Jesus, very much our primate and a prince among us." 

Edwards called him a "very great man, of strong powers of mind, 
of great grace and a great authority, of a masterly countenance, speech 
and behavior." "The officers and leaders of Northampton imitated his 
manners and thought it an excellency to be like him." The Indians 
called him "the Englishman's God." He was a broad and generous 
man, holding the dark and rigid principles of the faith in an intellectual 
assent tempered with mercy. A gentler spirit than some of his asso- 
ciates in that time, he was revered and loved and accepted as of un- 
questioned authority. The account of his funeral is printed in the 
Boston News Letter of Thursday, Feb. 20, 1729, in a letter from North- 
ampton, written on the 13th. "His labors and usefulness," it says, 
"were drawn out to an uncommon length. Till his 86th year he was a 
constant preacher some part of the Lord's day and at a monthly lecture 
without the use of notes at all . . . and it could not be discerned that 
his powers were much abated." "He used for many years together to 
make his annual visit to Boston at the time of the Commencement, 
and the day after to preach the public lecture to a numerous audience, 
expecting and glad to hear him." 

"His station was indeed in a remote corner of the land, but his 
light and influence went out throughout the whole country, and his 
being our pastor gave a name and reputation to the town." In the 
church book, the last entry in Mr. Stoddard's handwriting, though 
somewhat uncertain with age, records the ordination of Jonathan 
Edwards as pastor of the church of Northampton. 

It is hard to believe that all this history falls within the compass of 
one lifetime. All these events took place during the life of Esther, 
daughter of John Warham, a Puritan minister of Exeter in England, 
who came with a church organized at Plymouth before sailing first to 
Dorchester and then to Windsor, Conn. There this child Esther was 
born, and when she was fifteen married to Eleazar Mather, Sept. 29, 
1659. A widow of twenty-six years, with three children, she was mar- 
ried in 1670 to Solomon Stoddard, and shared his work and fortune 
during his long ministry here and outlived him by the space of seven 
vears, dying at the age of 92. In her time the sphere of woman was 
very much restricted. There were no clubs, no social or charitable 
organizations; no woman held any office in the church, taught in the 
Sunday school or went on missions. Little is known of her life, but that 
little proves that she did not quarrel with the Puritan ideal of woman- 
hood. She was a true wife, a mother of many children, dignified in her 
household, immortalized by her spinning, given to devotion, firm in 
government and tried by many sorrows. A letter is kept of hers, which 
renews our sense of the peril of life in her rude community. One of her 
sons had died ; a daughter had just been killed by the Indians at Deerfield ; 
and another son captured by the enemy had died at "Brest in France 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 113 



while waitinpr to be transported into England." "I had not done mourn- 
ing for the fornuM- but (iod halli added grief to my sorrow. Therefore 
we need to be ready seeing we know not when our Lord will eome." 
She bids her ehild farewell, subseribing herself, "Your sorrowful nifjther," 
but adds a postseript eoneerned with household details. 

So between their homes, wilh the erowding humble eares, and 
their church, with its strong doctrme and high inspirations, these lowly 
and pure and glorious lives were boundc-d. A nobler generation than 
this there has not been upon the earth, nor one of whom it is better 
fortune to be born. 

The limit of our time is reached and here 1 must make an end. We 
have reviewed the story of the beginnings of this town in the period of 
the first two pastorates of this church. On several occasions of late 
there has been opportunity to s])eak here of the career and influence 
and fame of Jonathan Ivlwards, third minister of Northampton. 

The historical musical service, conducted bv Ralph L. Baldwin, 
w^as as follows : 

Prelude: Themes from " Mi'isti'rsin.<;t'r.s," A'. \Vag)nT, i<Sij-i,Sgj 

Anthem: "O Clajj Ycur Hands," Sir J'ohii Slahicr, iS^o-kjdi 

Gloria P.\TRi: Sth Grci^Drian 'I'onc. 

Anthem: "The New Jerusalem." Jeremiah Iiigalts 

Hymn No. 497, Northfield, Jeremiah Ingalls, it^oj 

Anthem: "A\e Verum," Mozart, 1756-1791 

Hymn No. 582, Taj^jjan, George Kiiigsley, organist in lliis church, 1857-1865. 
Hymn No. 948, "Militant." J. Barnby, 1S68 

"Seven-folu Amen." Stainer 

Pustlude: "St Ann's Fugue," Bach, 168^-1750 



XLhc Sun^aB Scbool 

According to an invitation extended, nearly all the morning's con- 
gregation remained for the Sunday-school .session. Superintenden- 
Robert F. Armstrong ])resided. He called ui^on the Rev. Gerald Stanley 
Lee for Scripture reading and prayer, and then introduced Gov. John 
L. Bates, who spoke as follows: 

I am pleased, Mr. Superintendent, to see the American and English 
flags draped over this pulpit, and I am glad to have the pleasure 
to stand here and extend a welcome to Old England from this city 
of Northampton in New England, on this interesting occasion. We have 
quarreled with the mother country sorne, but we have always maintained 
the warmest love and regard for her, and the depth of our love was never 
deeper than it is today, when we see the two countries advance side by 
side, carrving'the world forward in the civilization founded by Chris- 
tianity. It is a pleasure, Mr. Superintendent, to stand looking at the 



114 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



faces of these children. I do not know what I can sav to them. I do 
not think that they need any talking to. To nie they look about right, 
and it is my hope and belief that the future of Northampton is certainly 
assured when I look into the faces of these men and women of thirty to 
forty years from now. I suppose that the city is not celebrating because 
of the area of it, nor because of its beautiful location, nor because of its 
public buildings or its various enterprises. There is something back of 
all that. It is not because it has existed 250 years, although that is 
an achievement for a city. It is because of its influence. Because it has 
stood for something these 250 years. Because it has a character which 
it may be difficult to define, but which it is not difficult to admire and 
respect — a character which is admired and known wherever the city is 
known. It stands forth in our mind as a real monument and a monu- 
ment that has been erected by the people who have gone before those of 
this generation in this city. It is a pleasure to know, Mr. Superintend- 
ent, that the people of Northampton, in the beginning of this Celebra- 
tion, recognize that in the founding of their country, as has been told 
us m the well-chosen words of your pastor this morning, the church was 
commenced with the beginning of the settlement, and that the church 
and the town hall were one, for in those early days the town meetings 
were held for no other purpose, except that the church might be main- 
tained. We have recently observed Memorial Day and considered some 
of the results of the war. We have been surprised as w^e have heard 
orators tell what the nation has accomplished. We feel almost as if 
there was nothing within the possession of the human intellect that 
could not be accomplished by the American people. As we realize what 
progress has been made since the citv was founded, 250 years ago, we 
fear not the problems of the future, because we have had to overcome 
worse problems in the past. These problems do not disturb us, but the 
problems we have with us are the old problems of our fathers, and 
wdiich they temporarily solved when they came to this land. They 
are the old problems that the Sunday school is helping in the solution 
of, and they are problems of character. It is a double pleasure for me 
to come here today, to extend to you greetings on this occasion, believ- 
ing that your work is not only helping men and women as individuals, 
but making it certain that this government of the people, by the people, 
and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 



Hon. Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England, was the last 
speaker to the Sunday school. He said: 

Boys and girls — or shall I say brothers and sisters — I am from 
Northampton, England, and am standing on the sacred soil of New 
England. I am sure that no person sang with more earnestness than 
I the hymn this morning. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 115 



"() (m)<1, Ijcncalli Tliy t^uidini^ hand, 
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea." 

Those i)ra\'e old Puritans and Pilgrims were your fathers and my 
fathers. 1 eome from Northampton, England, to greet you, boys and 
gnds, and you ehildren of an older growth, on this auspieious anniver- 
sary, and it is with pceuliar pleasure that 1 find myself addressing a 
Sunday-school gathering in the city of Northam]jton, Mass. First, let 
me say how warmly I appreciate thc^ kind words which the Governor 
has said in regard to my coming here. It is most gratifying to hnd a 
gentleman occupying his high position addi-essing a Sunday-school gath- 
ering on the high ideals of citizenship. To quote the words of one of 
our own poets, William Cowper, who was associated with old North- 
amjiton — 

"Such men are l)()rn to station an<l command, 
Wlien Pro\'i(K'iice means mcrc\' to a land." 

The Governor has referred to the differences which have arisen at various 
times between Great Britain and the United States. After all, they 
have been family quarrels, and have not interfered with the real family 
affection between us. I mav applv to them the words of the Earl of 
Surrev, one of our earlv English writers — 

"The fallinj.;' out of faithfid friends 
Renewiny is of lo\"c-." 

I come to bring the greetings of the Sunday-school children and workers 
of old Northampton to the Sunday-school children and workers of this 
old citv in the new Continent. In the old town we have upwards of 
i6,ooo Sundav-school children of all denominations, with a population 
of go.ooo. And I know thev feel the greatest interest in your Celel)ra- 
tion, and wish you all the greatest happiness and the highest success 
in vour school work. It is a great happiness to know that you and they 
revere the same Book, are devoted to the same faith, own the same 
Lord, and recognize each other as the children of one common Father. 
Everv Sunday you may think of us as singing similar hymns, often 
exact'lv the same hvmns, reading and studying the same lessons, from 
the one great Book, in the same tongue and in the same s])irit. We 
belong to the one great army of God's children, everywhere learning to 
follow out the teaching of the one Great Teacher, Jesus Christ. As 1 
sat here during the service and looked through your hymn book, I found, 
as I expected to find, many of the familiar hymns we are accustomed to 
sing on the other side. There are hymns by William Cowper, to whom 
I have alreadv referred, l)v the Rev. John Newton, curate of Olney — 
and the friend of Cow])er, — by Philip Doddridge, who was a Congrega- 
tional minister at Old Northampton — hymn writer, preacher and theo- 
logian, — bv Isaac Watts, and many others. Isaac Watts, some of you 
may remember, was on one occasion rallied by a Mrs. Rowc on the 
smallness of his stature. He replied — 



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"Could I in stature reach the Pole, 

Or grasp the ocean in my span, 

I'd still be measured by my soul, 

The mind's the standard of the man." 

You in the new country have been doing much to teach us of the 
oki country and of the old world that the standard of excellence is not 
to be found in titles or position or wealth, but in personal worth, capacity 
and moral achievement — that true greatness is to be found in character 
in the degree to which we carry out the will of God, and that it is right- 
eousness which exalts a nation. I am a subject of the King of England, 
and am, therefore, what you would call a Royalist. You are all subjects 
of the President of the United States, and are Republicans. We on our 
side think that our country is a true Republic, with a King as a sort of 
permanent President. But whatever be the form of government, we 
are all — whether on this side of the Atlantic or the other — Royalists, 
subjects of the King of Kings, and citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven — 
"One is your Father and all ye are brethren." 

There is another reason which links your Celebration with the old 
town of Northampton, in England, and which makes it fitting that I 
shotild bring you greetings from the Sunday schools of Northampton. 
I am the editor of a very old newspaper, printed and published at North- 
ampton, England. It is called The Northampton Mercury. We believe 
it to be the oldest newspaper in Europe, and, therefore, much older 
than any newspaper in America. It was first published on May 2nd, 
1720, and its founders were Robert Raikes and William Dicey. Now 
Robert Raikes afterwards went to Gloucester, also in Old England, and 
started a newspaper there. His son was Robert Raikes, who founded 
Sunday schools in the old country about one hundred and twenty years 
ago. In a sense, therefore, you see the Sunday-school movement may 
be said to have sprung from Northampton through Robert Raikes. 
You will understand how appropriate it is, therefore, I should bring to 
your Sunday schools here the affectionate greetings and good wishes 
of the Sunday schools of my old city. 

Still another link connects us which I should like to mention, and 
which makes it especially fitting that I, as representing Old Northamp- 
ton, should come to you. The ancestors of George Washington, the 
father of your country, lived in Northampton and its immediate dis- 
trict. Some of them lie buried in the church of Great Brington, six 
miles from Northampton — in the same church where also repose the 
remains of Earl Spencer's great ancestors, with whom the Washingtons 
intermarried. In the graveyard of that same church my father and 
mother lie buried. So that, from the personal point of view, I am 
proud to associate myself with the ancestors of George Washington. I 
come to you, if I may so put it, fresh from the sacred associations 
which ally our country with yours. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 117 



One otlior circumstance 1 permit myself to mention, is of a purelv 
personal character. It struck me with a sense of ])lease(l surjtrise that 
the name of your pastor is the Rev. Henry Rose. My father, although 
a Nonconformist minister, found in the Rev. Henrv Rose, at one time 
Rector of Oreat Brington — the Washington Church — a dear ])ersonal 
friend; and it was the Rev. Henry Rose who consigned his remains to 
the tomb m Crcat Brington churchyard. It is a coincidence not without 
interest, I think, in these celebrations, showing how direct and perssonal 
are the ties which bind not only Old Northampton in li^ngland to North- 
ampton in Massachusetts, but the old country across the seas to yours. 
I greet you, then, in the name of our Sunday schools across the sea. 
I know that today at a Sunday school of three hundred children, in the 
Old Northami)ton, where I am su|)erintcndent, they will be thinking of 
me as I am thinking of them. They will be wondering how I am get- 
ting on, in the far distance 1 have gone from the old home. But 1 
know that their prayers and good wishes will be for you and vours. 
They will hope and pray that you and they together may glory in 
l)elonging to the same kingdom, in living tmder the providence of the 
same God, in enjoying the salvation of the same Saviour. They will 
trust and pray that the ties which bind our peoples may be multii)lied 
and strengthened as the years go by; that the peo])les of the Anglo- 
Saxon race may be one in their desires and efforts to ad\-ancc the 
Master's kingdom on earth. 



The Rev. Henry Rose remarked that he did not know his ancestry 
in the old countrv had ever included in their number an\- one so resj)ect- 
ablc as a Rector of the Established Church. 

At the invitation of Mr. Armstrong, the superintendent, the whole 
of the scholars and congregation arose in support of a ])roposal to 
send to the Sunday schools of Northam])ton hearty greetings on the 
occasion of this Celebration, in response to the greetings conveyed by 
Mr. Cami)ion. 



ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 



TH 1^2 rector of St. John's Church, Rev. Lvman P. Powell, took 
for his subject, "Our Obligations to the Past," and the text, 
"Other men have labored, and ye are entered into their 
labors." — John 4: 38. He said in part: 
^ In the lexicon of life there is no such word as chance. Nothing 

happens without cause. Today is rooted in the past. This truth we 
ought today to realize with all its force, j 

God and man alike have labored here 
to our delight and profit. Natural beauties 
and natural advantages are the background 
of man's efforts here, and man has made the 
most of them. (_To thrift and enterprise and 
all the other virtues of the typical New Eng- 
land town our forbears have added gener- 
osity /) No town of its size in all New England 
has perhaps received so many benefactions 
at the hands of citizens or near-bv neighbors. 
So it has been from the day of Major Haw- 
I'-y's generosity to schools to these later days 
of Smith College and the Forbes Library and 
St. John's Church, the gift of one not resident 
of Northampton, but still mindful of the rock 
whence he was hewn. 

Men who have had no silver and no gold 
to give have given more, themselves; and 
from Bloody Brook to Santiago you will find 
the record of their more than generous generosity. Preachers we have 
had who have bestowed on us the gift of fame, and that is always 
precious. To call the roll of lawyers who have lent the town its dig- 
nity and wisdom is to name most of the leading families for many a 
generation. Our physicians are today as expert as the town ever had. 
Better work is turned out now perhaps by our literary folk than ever 
before. But best of all, from first to last, the town has had more than 
its need of average folk above the average in character, whose contri- 
bution to the making of the best in all our past is as incalculable in 
the sight of man as it is inestimable to the One who knows the secrets 
of all hearts. And today we meditate upon their labors quite as much 
as on the labors of our great and inore conspicuotis. 

Others have labored and we are all the better for their labors, and 
thereby hangs a duty, the duty of appreciation — appreciation of the 
living who are trying quietly and earnestly, all around us, to live up to the 
standards set by our forefathers. Again there is the duty to prove our 
right to reap the harvest which the dead have sown, bv living as they 
did at their best, to the spirit, not to the flesh; living with a passion for 




Rev. Lvman P. Powell 



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reality wliic-li ill brooks the vulgarity of those who have no more to 
contribute to the town than money and which hales to the bar of 
common sense the silly affectations and ])retentious conventionalities of 
an\- who would turn this good old town into a glittering cross section 
of New \'ork or I^iris. 

And then at last there is the duty to add to our benefactions and to 
strengthen them in every way we can. Smith College ought to have 
five times the endowmcMit it now has. Our great Forbes Library needs 
much more money for administrative ])uri)oses. The Dickinson I'lospital 
ought to have a far more liberal allowance from the town. And our 
church, St. John's, will hnd in its endowment a ban and not a bles.sing 
unless we one and all contribute to its su])i)ort as freelv as though it 
were not liberalh- endowed. 

What the fiiturc of Northampton is to be no one knows, and yet 
we dare to hope, we have good reason to expect, that when our children 
and our children's children celebrate the town's 300th anniversary thrift 
and industry will be circumscribed by love ancl liberalitv, and culture 
still will shine as it shines now through t!i.' transparent medium of 
Christuan character. 



The musical program of the morning was as follows: 

Organ Pri;ll:l)e: Slow M(j\i-nu'm fmni ^ili Smiata, (riiihuant 

Prockssio.n'Al Hymn 176; "iMir all the Saints who from Their Labors Rest," 

lianiby 
Gloria Tibi, \\'ag)icr 

Hymn 4(,0: "Lord of Our Lit\> and (yod of Our Sal\-atioii," Harnby 

Offertory Axtiikm: '■() Lord. Thou Art Mv Ood," C'. ('. Chase 

Sa.nctcs, Staiiicr 

Co.MMU.MON H YM.\ 2:?5, " Bread of tin- World," Undoes 

Gloria in Excelsis, Chant 205, Zcitne 

Recessioxal Hvmx, "O God. Our Ikl]. in A^es Past," Croft 

Organ Postlioe, Processional March, M,>.>\tis II. i'arroll 



BAPTIST 



CHURCH 



EV. John C. Breaker of the Baptist Church spoke on the 
topic, " Northarnpton as a Center of Rchgious Influence." 
Text, Psalm 143: 5, "I remember the clays of old." 

Mr. Breaker said in part : In entering upon the celebra- 
the Quarter Millennial anniversary of the settlement of this 
is eminently fitting that attention should be centered first of 



R 

tion of 
town it 

all u])on religion. Whatever reputation Northampton may have 

gained through its industrial and edu- 
cational institutions; however far spread 
its fame today as an educational center; 
its chief claim to distinction rests upon 
the fact that influences have gone forth 
from this town aiTecting the theological 
thinking and the ecclesiastical practices 
not only of New^ England and the United 
vStates, but of the entire English-S})eaking 
religious world. 

When the Pilgrims came to the shores 
of the new continent they brought with 
them certain ecclesiastical customs and 
])ractices which they set in operation. 
Among these, that one of the qualifica- 
tions to be required of a voter should be 
membership in the church and participa- 
tion in the ordinance of the Lord's Supper. 
It has sometimes been said that this 
practice was peculiar to the churches of New England; and the Pilgrims 
and the Puritans have been called "bigots" in consequence. The 
custom was not peculiar to New England, however; it was common 
to the other colonies and to the lands across the sea. The churches 
of New England received as members those only who could give a 
credible evidence of conversion. This put the voting power into the 
hands of those men only who were by experience, as well as by pro- 
fession, Christians. 

At the time of the settlement of this town, in 1654, there had 
arisen a warm discussion in the churches of New England about the 
qualifications for church membership. This discussion culminated in 
what has been known as the "Half-Way Covenant." This covenant 
provided that all persons who had been baptized in infancy, who under- 
stood the covenant, and who were not guilty of any crime a court would 
judge scandalous, should be received to church membership, and enjoy 
all the privileges thereof, except the Lord's Supper. This half-way 
covenant had been received by a vast majority of the churches in New 
England when in 1672 Rev. Solomon Stoddard became pastor of the 




Rpv. Joiix C. Rreakf-R 



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church here in Northain])ton. Mr. Stoddard not only accepted the 
half-way covenant, but insisted that the Lord's Supper should be given 
to all the members of the clnn-ch. In the controversy which followed 
he advanci'd the theor\- that the Lord's Sui)])er is a converting ordinance, 
and should be given to all. While these views were combated by 
the ministers in the eastern part of Massachusetts, such was the 
prominence and inlluence of the Northampton minister that his views 
were widely acc\'i)ted in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. 

I^'rom this town tlu're went forth those influences, between 1672 
and i72(), whii'h undermined church disci])line, removed all barriers 
between the church and the world, and opened the way for uncon- 
verted men into the Christian ministry. Notwithstanding his peculiar 
views and their promulgation, Mr. Stoddard was an earnest Christian 
man and minister, and was used of God to bless the peojjle of his jjarish. 
With the decay of piety there came a laxity in doctrine. The Pil- 
grims and the Puritans were Calvinists of the old type. The\- had 
accepted the interpretation of divine truth given to the world by Cal- 
vin of Geneva and Knox of Scotland. Divine sovereignty and the 
divine decrees were for them the Al])ha and Omega of faith. 

During the ministry of Mr. Stoddard in this tow'n the ])osition 
of the Calvinists was being assailed both in England and the colonies. 
The controversy was becoming quite sharp, wdien, in 1727, Jonathan 
Edwards came to be the colleague of his grandfather in the pastorate 
of the church in Northampton. The defenders of Calvinism in Eng- 
land were Watts and Doddridge. Neither of them prr)ve(l equal to 
the task, and it seemed as if Calvinism would be swejjt from the field. 
Then it was that Jonathan Edwards changed the character of the con- 
troversy by assailing the position of the opponents of Calvinism. His 
two great productions, "Original Sin," and "The Freedom of the 
Human Will," in the judgment of those competent to express an o])in- 
ion, remain unanswered to this day. Edwards maintained, against the 
assailants of Calvinism, that man manifests an inclination to evil; 
this he called moral inability. Against the older Calvinists he main- 
tained that man has reason to discern the good, affection to love it, 
and will to perform it ; this he called man's natural ability. Out of 
this view springs the teaching that has become so common, that men 
may become Christians if they will. This underlies the burden of 
the preacher's message throughout the English-speaking world today. 

The truths formulated here in Northam])ton and unfolded by Pres- 
ident Edwards the younger, l)y Timothy Dwight and others, constitute 
wdiat has come to be regarded as a modified Calvinism. 

The writings of Edwards were widely read in England. They fell 
into the hands of Andrew Fuller, who recognized their original and pro- 
found thought, and their reverence for the Word of God. His own 
theology w^as moulded by them. And Fuller's theology supplanted all 
others in the Ba])tist schools on both sides of the Atlantic. It gave 



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new life to the churches, awakened a profound enthusiasm for mission- 
ary endeavor, and imparted a marvelous impulse to Baptist ])rinciples, 
which during the last seventy-five years have made such great progress, 
bringing the denomination to the front rank as an evangelistic and 
missionarv body; and Fuller's theology resulted from a study of Jon- 
athan Edwards' works and his Bible. 



The musical selections for the service follow: 

Prelude: " Largo Cantabile," 

Anthem: "Jerusalem, My Glorious Home." 

Anthem: "Sherburne." 

Offertory: " Stille Gluck," 

Postlude: " Fanfare Joyeuse," 



Haydn 



Weissenborn 
Clarke 



S E C O N 7) C N G R E G A T I O N A L 
(UNITARIAN) C H U R C H 3^ Ja. S*. 



and oiir race tor its at'lors 
cither had been (hfTerent."" 
we substitute, for the worl 



R\\\' . l-'rcdcrick II. Kent, the pastor, spoke as follows: 
"All that has happened among mankind has arisen from 
the mutual play of the forces within them and the forces around 
them. The drama of the as^es has liad tliis world for its stage, 
:ind could not ha\-e remained the same if 
If, in this statement of Dr. Martineau's, 
this beautiful and fertile valley, and for 
tlie rac(> that tiny fragment of humanity 
which has constituted this community, we 
ha\-e in it the clue to the significance of 
this anniversary. Today sums up th^ 
result of two hundred and hfty years of 
such interaction, and, examining some of 
the infhuMices which ha\'e stimulated and 
directed the efforts of our predecesso:s 
through those years, we may discover 
something of the (hvine method of 
moulding human character. 

The physical environment of this com- 
munit\- has had some clrarlv marked 
ctTeets upon its character. Through its 
rare natural beauty the softer influence of 
nature has always worked silently, touch- 
ing the harsher realities of life and the 
sterner dogmas of religion with a more 
genial and diviner light. Its natural 
fertility has kept at a distance the 
extremes of poverty and misery. But there are more specific and 
peculiar conditions. The early records of the town abotmd in references 
to "home-lots." The term indicates that the homes of the settlers were 
separated from the scenes of their daily labor. Their farms were in 
the meadows which sweep in a huge half-circle about the central hill, 
where the dwelling places w'ere gathered in a compact group. The 
contoin- of the region made it possible for the men to go to and from the 
fields daily without excessive loss of time, while morning and night found 
them in close and familiar association with each other. At first this 
was valued for its simplification of the ])roblem of defence. But it had 
a more subtle and lasting influence, for it ])revented the deadening eftect 
of individual isolation from touching the lives of these men and women. 
There was constant interchange of opinion, clashing of wills, measuring 
of wit and power and persistence. Under such conditions men developed 
that intense personality which is the secret of human progress. Doubt- 
less there was rancor, and .some bitter animosities. But these were 




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124 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

balanced by growing self-control and respect for sober public opinion, 
the necessary complement of vigorous individuality in social life. And 
through these there came in time a high degree of concerted, as well as 
individual, efficiency, of which the fruits are all about us. 

Another circumstance co-operated with this for the personal and 
social development of the people. The community was separated 
from others by the difficulties of travel. The route which connected 
it with its natural point of contact with the older civilization, ran trans- 
versely to the natural highways. It was nearly one hundred and fifty 
years after the settlement before a regular weekly stage to Boston was 
established. In consequence of these conditions, the influence of the 
outer world was limited and intermittent. The people were thrown 
upon their own resotirces for the supply of intellectual needs. They 
were equal to the test, and there grew up here a culture, necessarily 
somewhat provincial in some of its details, yet of as fine a quality and 
vigorous life as any which was brought to it from without. Their 
isolation proved a stimulus to the development of that spontaneous 
culture which is alone genuine and lasting. Thus the local conditions 
and the relation of the place to the larger world tended to promote a 
society infused with strong individuality, self-reliance, and mutual 
helpfulness, with all the strength and weakness which result from the 
close contact of men with men. 

It is needless to say that such conditions might have produced a 
very different result with different men. The weak and inefficient 
might well have grown weaker in such an environment. That there 
was power of brain and will in these men is well known to you all. I 
shall make no personal reference in alluding to its signs, but seek in the 
corporate acts of the citizens some indications of their inherent traits. 
That they should have been able to maintain an undivided religious 
organization for 170 years, during a time when religious controversy 
was rife, is significant. Yet, though the outward bond was unbroken 
until this society was organized in 1825, the unity of the spirit was often 
marred, and it may be doubted whether the formal unity, which chafed 
so harshly sometimes, was as conducive to genuine Christian brotherhood 
as the frankly recognized and respected differences of the present day. 

In 1662 the town voted six pounds as salary to the first school- 
master, on condition that he should teach school at least six months 
in the year. It is a far cry from this modest sum to the present annual 
expenditure of the city for the education of its children — a contrast 
hardly less marked than that between the numerous and well-equipped 
buildings, of which this room* is the nucleus, and that first building 
"of sawen timber, 26 foot long, 18 foot wide, and 9 foot high from the 
lower part of the cell to the upper part of the raisens," which served as 



♦This sermon was preached in the Assembly Hall of the High School, which was occupied as a 
place of worship by the Unitarian Society during the re-building of its church, the corner stone of 
which was laid during the celebration of the 2.50th anniversary. 



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the first school-liousc, church and town-house. Yet there is the seed 
from which aU this grew. 

Anotht'r ([uaint record reveals a struggle between the instincts of 
humanity and the fear that the town might be burdened with the 
support of alien pau])ers. Concerning one Patrick, who was sick, the 
record declares, " Wee agree that those who brought him int(j the town be 
called in (lucstion about bringing him ni, but also, wee order that he 
should have some bedclothes and doe intreat Mrs. Williams to entertain 
him during his sickness, at the expense of the town." This is probably 
the first instance in which the friendly assistance of neighbors was inade- 
quate to the emergencies of sickness and poverty. It is the beginning, 
therefore, of the organized provision for the sick and needy which is 
today so effective. 

It would be possible to continue almost indelinitely to cull from the 
ancient records, ilhmiinating indications of the character, energy, and 
temperainent of the forefathers. But enough has been said to show 
the sort of forces that were at work here. Yet when one compares the 
present city with that early settlement, and traces step by step the path 
by which the change has come about, there remains a feeling of wonder and 
awe. All has not been accounted for. There has been a unity, a move- 
ment in a single upward direction, which renders all the twists and 
turns of no effect. Not one of the men who acted and, by his action, 
influenced the advance, had any perception of whither it was tending. 
Each contributed what was in him to give, for the momentary emer- 
gency or need, but the elements were so varied, often so apparently 
conflicting, that it could not have been surprising if chaos instead of 
order, retrogression instead of progress, had resulted. Undoubtedly the 
directing influences acted through the human s])irit and its environment, 
y^et assuredly they did not originate there. Behind was the creative 
purpose, the guiding intelligence, the benevolent wisdom of God, har- 
monizing, unifying, controlling. Hardly can any one study the history 
of such a community as this, or of the larger community of which it is a 
part, without perceiving that the human part is taken up and included 
in a vaster and eternal movement whose end is still unknown. And if, 
in the study of such history, we can discern the human part, to act 
bravely, vigorously, conscientiously, giving the best that is in us, and 
can feel not less certainly that the divine part is performed unfailingly, 
and can learn to act with the assurance that what is truly human finds 
its place in the divine plan and so becomes itself divine, we shall have 
learned the deepest lesson which history has to teach. 

In the musical services of this church, Director A. Locke Norris 
was assisted by Miss Ruth S. Davis, Miss Laura S. Jones, and the young 
people's chorus. Miss Jones rendered the Andante Cantabile by 
Tschaikowski, and Miss Davis sang "Fear ye not, O Israel," by Buck. 



EDJrARDS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 



R 



l-^\'. Willis H. Butler, pastor of the Edwards Church, preached 
the anniversary sermon at the morning service. He said, in 
])art : 

The first settlers of the valley of the Connecticut are not 
as famous as their countrymen who landed at Plymouth some twenty- 
five years previous, but they were of the same sturdy stock. There 
was nothing sentimental connected with the settlement of this ol5 town. 

It was a business enterprise, but it rec^uires 
no less courage to go to China as a commer- 
cial traveler than it does to go as a mission- 
arv of the gospel. In a quiet and orderly 
wav, which differed little from that followed 
by other settlements of the period, there came 
into existence another of those centers of 
influence entitled to that name so full of 
rich suggestions, "A New England Town." 
These forefathers of ours were laboring 
men. Thev were idealists of the sublimest 
sort, but that did not prevent their taking a 
very real interest in crops and cloth. All 
the people were farmers. Even the minister 
supplemented his allowance by tilling the 
soil. They worked with their heads as well 
as with their hands, and the church provid- 
ed the intellectual stimulus. Northampton 
seems to have been conspicuous for its interest in the cause of religion, 
and on this the first day of our anniversary observances it is fltting 
that we should consider the contribution which the church has made 
to the influence which the town exerted. From 1658 to 1824 the 
church was served bv five remarkable men, and the names of Mather, 
Stoddard, Edwards, Hooker and Wilhams ought to be mentioned 
because of the illustrious service which they rendered, a service which 
did more to make the town famous than any single other agency during 
that period. It was during the ministry of the mighty Edwards that 
a movement known as the great awakening began. It swept over 
New England, deepening and strengthening the religious thought and 
feeling of the succeeding century. 

All the labor of those who have preceded counts. No honest work 
is ever in vain. We cannot help being benefited by the struggles of 
those who have gone before, whether it be in the life of the family, or the 
town or the nation, but the amount of benefit derived depends upon 
how we enter into these struggles, upon how we carry on the work they 
began. If we could onlv see that the work of the small village church 
counts in the life of the citv whither its vouth has gone, how much more 




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127 



in earnest wonld we \)c lo maintain the villai^a' ehurelies. If we only 
liad the vision to look into the future, sec how each honest stroke of 
work is hound to tcdl m {]\c im])rovcd eonditions of Hfe, how much more 
care and strength would he jnit into those strokes. The worker may 
he forgotten; his work remains. 



The musical ])rogram rendered was as follows: 

Orgax Puku'dk: " J'il;_;rinis' ("Ik irus," Wagner 

Choir Call: " Far fmrn Caa' and Distrarlion," Gounod 

Axtiiem: "Tlum, () hunl. Art ( )ur FatlnT," Sullivan 

Offertory Solo for Tkxor: "Be 'I'hou I'-aitlirul Unto Death," Mendelssohn 

Organ Postlude in I), Tours 




FIRST METHODIST CHURCH 

RKV. Clement E. Holmes of the Elm-Street Methodist Church 
took for his theme, "The Building of the City," which was 
based upon three passages of Scripture — Gen. 4: 17, "And 
Cain builded a city." Heb. 11: 10, "And Abraham looked 
for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." 
Ps. 87: 5, "And of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born 
in her." The following is an abstract of the discourse: 

The first text reveals man's original im])ulse to build a city. There 
have been two dominant motives in all city 
building. One is found in the advantages 
of security to property and life within the 
city wall, or stockade of the olden time, or 
under the police protection of today; the 
other is found in the charms of a compact 
society. Here man's social nature has 
attained its highest expression. Accordingly 
there are two implications of this text which 
modern thought is compelled to qualify. 
First, it takes more than one man to build a 
city. Such an achievement is the product of 
most complex forces. Secondly, we should 
expect in the natural order of development 
that the nomadic life preceded and gradually 
led up to the closely settled hfe of a com- 
munity. 
Rev. Clement e. Holmes ^t tliis, our Quarter-Millennial Cele- 

bration, we arc impressed with the age of 
our city, compared with the life of man and most of his architectural 
works in this new land, and also its youth, as compared with Rome, 
Jerusalem or Pekin. We are thus forced to wonder what constitutes 
the identity of this strange and almost immortal thing we call 
a city. Upon examination it seems to be none other than the 
unbroken continuity of its life and its institutions. We celebrate today 
not because man first made his abode here, for the red man had been 
here unnumbered years before, but because the white man had first 
pitched his tents here 250 years ago. It was the incoming of a new 
civilization. This portion of our country is just what its name im- 
plies, a New England. Its customs, laws and language were all im- 
ported. Thus we got our city's name from the mother land. 

The three distinctive features of our city have been the church, 
the militia and the schools. The church, formally organized in 1661, 
is the oldest existing institution. It is therefore fitting that the Cel- 
ebration begins on the Sabbath and in the sanctuary. Those pioneers 
knew that it took more than men to build a citv. Therefore thev 




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sought one wliosr l)ui!(lcT aiiil makrr is (lod. And licrc, too, the ])0\vcr 
of the (i()si)el lias hei'n most signally mainfested in the eonversion 
of men. The first nnlitia eompany was organized tlie same year. 
Sinee that time a grand total of 1,472 soldiei-s have gone forth to light 
in the Colonial, the Rcvolutiona:-\- and Ci\'il wars. 'Idie armor\-, there- 
fore, is a htting member of ouv colU'etion of puhlie buildings. And 
two years later the iiist selio. )1 was organized, whose sessions were 
held in the town's meeting house. 

(Jur third text suggests that it takes great men to make a great 
eity. "And of Zion it shall he said that this and that man was l)orn 
in her." How jjroud we are to jioint to the names of (low Calel) Strong, 
Major Joseph Hawlev, Gen. Seth l'omero\-, livv. Solomon Stoddard; 
George Kingsley, our eelebrated .song writer; to George W. Cable, 
our widely known author; to President L. (dark vSeelye, our distin- 
guished educator, and can I not say, withovit invidious eomjjarison, 
above all, to Jonathan Edwards, our one national cdiarac-ter wliose name 
has found a place in the Mali of Fame? These have been the master 
builders in our cit\-'s life, who helped to guarantee its ])eri)etuit_\' and 
lead us toward the ultimate society in the Citv of God. 



The musical service at this church included tho rendition of Bruce 
Stearne's "Great is the Lord" and "Our Land, O Lord," by P. A. 
Schnecker. 



S 7\ MART'S [CATHOLIC 
OF THE ASSUMPTION: 



CHURCH 



R\L\ . Michael J. Welch, assistant pastor at St. Mary's Church, 
delivered an historical discourse at the 10.30 mass. He took 
for his text. Matt. 13: 31, 32. He said: 
Fitting it is that this the first day of our triduum of celebration 
be dedicated to religious exercises. 

Like every town founded by the pioneers of New England, North- 
ampton was "first cradled in the bosom of God." The church occu- 
pied the foremost place in the minds and hearts of the people. The 

story of the church in Northampton is 
practically the history of this fair city. 

Well may her citizens, be their de- 
nomination what it may, rejoice today 
while, with retrospective vision, they sur- 
vey the proud history of this munici- 
pality. In age she ranks with the oldest 
cities and towns of this Republic. Her 
beauty, never more charming than in the 
vernal freshness of the present springtime, 
is unsurpassed in all the broad expanse 
and varied topography of our wonderful 
country. Her sons, ever conspicuous 
among the leaders of the commonwealth 
and nation, have won for her fair brow 
the laurels of fame, the nimbus of glory. 

We Catholics may well rejoice at the 
marvelous growth and remarkable achieve- 
ments of Catholicity within this city; 
and between the pride we have in the 
progress and renown of our city and the joy we naturally experience 
in the development of Catholicity there can be no antagonism. 
Every stride in the progress of the church is an advance in the 
moral and social scale for her children, for the city, the state and the 
nation; for the better Christian a man is the more desirable citizen he 
becomes — the more faithful he is to God and his conscience, the 
more loyal he is to his country and her laws. 

Today, as we gaze upon this magnificent temple, its grand pro- 
portions, its surpassing location, its superb beauty — when we call to 
mind that this, the mother church of Catholicity in this township, is 
the faithful parent of eight large and progressive parishes and nine 
well-filled churches — that within the original parish limits there are 
living today more than 15,000 Catholics — we have reason to rejoice. 
In the face of these facts one would be led to surmise that the presence 




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NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 131 



of our church, dated from the foundation of the city, that the most 
desirable sites both for church and school within the limits of fair North- 
ampton waited on our selection, and that the early members of this 
congregation were men of position, influence and wealth. How con- 
tradictor)- the reality ; how humble the beginning, how steep and rugged 
tlie way, how arduous the struggle in the olden days \(No living tongue, 
no human language, can do justice to the endeavors, the striving, the 
sacrifice, the hours of toil, the hearts' blood, demanded and joyfully 
offered for the erection of the first Catholic chapel in this community. 
One hundred years ago, and Northampton was then an old town, there 
was not a Catholic within this township. Eight and ninety years ago, 
when Father Chcverus — afterward first bishop of Boston — who died 
cardinal-archbishop of Bordeaux — came here from Boston to admin- 
ister the last rites of Mother Church to her unfortunate sons, Halligan 
and Daly — who, as it was afterward discovered, lost their lives for the 
crime of another — not only was there no Catholic to receive him, but 
the very inns of the village refused him shelter. Eight and ninety 
years ago this very dav thev died, and among the 15,000 spectators 
assembled on Hospital Hill to witness their execution there was not 
one Irishman present to shed a tear of sorrow and sympathy for his 
poor countrymen, or pray God's mercy upon their souls. But the min- 
ister of the church was bv their side. The priest of God had heard 
their far-off call — onward from Boston through the primeval wilderness 
he journeyed that he might attend them in their dying moments. Oh I 
even under the sad and, if you will, humiliating, incident of that execu- 
tion, the old church shines forth in a perfect effulgence of glory — 
"Mother of Mercies," "Refuge of Sinners," "Comfortrix of the Afflict- 
ed." As often as I ascend Hospital Hill, and bring to mind the inci- 
dents of that execution, the 15,000 morbidly curious, unsympathetic, 
and angry multitude, in whose midst stood the two condemned and 
the absolving minister of God, there arises before my vision a some- 
wdiat similar scene, another hill, another multitude, another execution 
— Calvary, and I learn anew that the church is ever the same, now as 
then, the spirit of God's mercy ever abiding in her, the mercy of the 
dying Christ to the penitent thief and murderer. 

Not until 1834 does the church date her existence in Northam])ton. 
Some time within that year, in the little home of John Foley at "Straw 
Hollow%" now Leeds, Father Fitton, in the presence of a dozen Irish 
exiles, offered up, perhaps for the first time within the limits of North- 
ampton, the holy sacrifice of the mass. 

From 1834 till 1842, at intervals ranging from six weeks to four 
months, he visited Northampton, first from Hartford, afterward from 
Worcester. From '38 to '42 mass was celebrated either at " Pape 
Village," now Bay State, at the house of Mr. Hickey, or at the village 
center, at the home of Mr. Hayes. In the minutes of the old Tem- 
perance societv of July 4th, '41, is recorded the purchase of the King- 



132 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

street lot by Father Fitton for $385. The first payment, we are told, 
amounted to $180. The remainder was payable Oct. 20, 1842. In 
the minutes of that day there is given us a glimpse of their joy of heart, 
and lofty motives and holy zeal that prompted their sacrifices. "There 
is reason for rejoicing," writes the secretary. "There is reason for 
rejoicing that so great a work has been commenced to the glory of God 
and an opportunity afforded for laying up rich treasures in heaven." 
In 1842 Father Brady, the first resident pastor of Chicopee, took 
charge of Northampton as one of his missions. At once he set to work 
to collect funds for the erection of a church. Services now were held 
in the Canal freight depot, now church property. Here also was held 
the first Catholic Sunday school. Just how long services were held 
there cannot be ascertained, but not till Christmas of '45 was the little 
church dedicated. Bishop Fenwick of Boston officiated. What a day 
of rejoicing and consolation that Christmas of 1845 must have been. 
The little Catholic community had now a church. Eleven years of 
striving and planning, eleven years of common sacrifices and endeavors, 
were finally crowned with success. What a "Te Deum" of thanks- 
giving must have ascended to high heaven on that Christmas morn ! 
How fittingly did "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," the angel song of the first 
Christmas morn, now charited for the first time within this section, 
how fittingly did it give voice to their unspeakable gladness of heart 
and gratitude to God !^^ 

An humble woetfouilding — on either side but seven pews, the 
center and rear left pewless that it might accommodate the more. 
The humble dimensions of the original church may be inferred from 
the fact that it had been twice enlarged until it attained the proportion 
and form with which we are familiar. 

Not until 1866 was Northampton made a parish. In January of 
that year Father Moyce was appointed its resident pastor. For six 
years he labored with untiring zeal and energy within this territory. 
Not only did he enlarge the Northampton church, but he also erected 
one in Easthampton, another in Haydenville and still another in Am- 
herst. 

Father Moyce was succeeded by Father Barry, who in turn also 
enlarged the old church on King street. 

But so rapidly did the Catholic body increase in Northampton 
that Father Barry recognized the need of a much larger edifice, and to 
this end purchased in 1873 the magnificent site on which this church 
and the parochial residence now stand. On Aug. 14, 1881, was sol- 
emnly laid the corner-stone of this edifice. In 1884, in the basement, 
was celebrated the first mass, and on May 10, 1885, this church, with 
the exception of the spires, practically as we behold it today, beautiful 
in symmetry, perfect in embellishment, replete in equipment, was ded- 
icated to the service of God. In 1888 the rectory was commenced, 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 133 



but l)of()rc its c'()ni])letion (kxl called FatluT Barr\- to his eternal reward. 
1 le died April 17,1 88q. 

Were this an occasion to eulogise those who labored among vou, 
we might justly i)ause and consider this great man's words and works; 
but this is not such an occasion, nor needs Father Barry any enco- 
mium. Your rectory, this enviable site, this stately teniplc of God, 
are eternal monuments to his foresight, energy and wisdom. 

On the first day of May, 1889, your present pastor, the friend and 
confidant of Father Barry, succeeded him^ as the pastor of St. Mary's. 
vShortly after his coming he purchased at the cost of $22,500 the finest 
school site in Northampton, Shady I.awn. Ten thousand dollars were 
expended in enlarging the convent and renovating the school. This 
debt, in an incredibly short time, notwithstanding the large increase 
in the running expenses of the parish, he liquidated. 

To him belongs the glory of the first Catholic school in Northamp- 
ton — more necessary in our day to check the incursions and onslaughts 
of scejiticism, agnosticism and irreligion than were the pahsades of old 
to protect our citv and her inhal)itants from the ravages of the Red 
Men. 

His next work was the completion of the towers. At a cost of 
more than $7,000 he caused to be erected the twin s])ires that so giace- 
fully taper and majestically point heavenward. Crowned with the 
emblem of Christianity, the glory of Catholicity, Christ's standard 
proudly ele\-ated above all the surrounding countrv, ])roclaiming 
Christ's victory, not only over sin and death, but his triumph also 
over the world, over the hearts and minds of men, over the enmitv 
of his enemies, over the power of his persecutors, teaching men the 
efficient and saving principles of Christian truth and moralitv, their 
glittering sheen is visible throughout the broad expanse of the original 
parish, and 15,000 Catholics hail them with reverence and delight. 

Such in brief is the history of the material advance of Catholicitv 
in Northampton. Your pro]jerty today is estimated at more than 
$150,000, which, thanks to your generositv and \-our ])astor's econom\-, 
IS entirclv freed from delit. 

During these sixty yea:s from the founding of the first Catholic 
church in your midst, what spiritual blessings it has brought you 1 
What an exercise of Christian virtues it has called forth among vou 1 
faith, ])atience, perseverance, telling the deep meaning of vour C\atiiolic 
faith and the daily hel])ful uses that it offers to ever\- soul. As the 
stranger from almost e\-cry (]uarter of the globe unites with vou l)e- 
fore the same altar, to worship the same Cod, to ])articii)ate in the 
same ceremonies, to receive the same sacraments, wdiat a growing 
sense you experience of the universal character, the historic grandeur, 
the undying vitality, of the Catholic church ! 

No human record will ever tell the S])iritual blessings that have 
come to this congregation and cit\' through the church that has been 



134 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

so imperfectly sketched. The masses offered, the sacraments admin- 
istered — those channels of grace through which the merits of Christ are 
continually communicated to men — the marriages blessed, the children 
taught to know God and duty, and men reclaimed from paths of vice — 
all these are the spiritual history of St. Mary's church. It is inscribed 
in the Book of Life. 

There is still another history — that of poverty unmerited, of trials, 
of struggles, obstacles, yea. even of hate; but it is buried in the grave- 
yard beyond the hill. The tongues that could relate in detail and 
with an eloquence of pathos that history are mouldered into dust. 

How their hearts would rejoice today were they the proud wit- 
nesses of the marvelous growth, advance, and achievements of their 
church and children within this city, from a position of insignificance 
to a position of influence, from weak and unseemly elements of society, 
as common opinion once held them, into the foremost citizens of this 
commonwealth. 

The children of the farm hand, the common laborer, of fifty years 
ago, are today, thanks to the opportunities this grand Republic of ours 
offers to deserving merit, thanks to their own brawn and brain, to the 
Christian virtues early inculcated, they are today the busy, thought- 
ful tradesmen, the stalwart, intelligent mechanics; they represent and 
grace every profession ; they are to be found in all the walks of munici- 
pal life; they have risen to the highest level, the highest honor, within 
the gift of the citizens of Northampton. All this practically within 
the short space of one generation. 

Verilv, vou have cause to be glad on this day of municipal rejoicing 
and consolation. Your past history is glorious in progress and achieve- 
ment. Well may you rejoice in the broad and solid, if humble, foun- 
dations of Catholic faith, piety and devotion inaugurated by your 
fathers. But be not satisfied with admiring their good deeds in the 
past. Strive to emulate them yourselves in the present and future. 
In the perfection to which you have brought their humble beginnings, 
you have proved that the spirit of your fathers abideth in you. May 
it ever increase and be forever manifest. Be worthy members of the 
Catholic church, whose mission in this Republic is essential for its 
stability, necessary for the true enlightenment of her citizens, and for 
the purification, uplifting and sanctification of her children. What 
this city and nation demand of you is that you be men in every sense 
of the word — men of upright. Godly, pure lives. Christians, Catholics 
not in name only, but in truth and deed. Upon such citizens are they 
ready to bestow their dearest charge, their honor. 

May our progress and achievements continue. And may God 
bless our fair citv. 



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135 



The musical ])ro,u;rain for the ckiv follows: 



^umoi Choir -S a. m. 

Prkludk, Havens 

Kyrie, Mozart 

Gloria, Concoite 

Offertory Solo, Delhi er 

San'ctus, Concoite 

Adagio, Dubois 

Agnus Dei, Hordese 

Axtiiem: "Praise the Lord," 

fannhauser 
iVIarciie Triumpiiale, Ciniarosa 

Organist, Miss Mamie Peia 



/lftad!3 10.30 



Prelude, 

Kyrie, 

Gloria, 

Credo, 

Offertory: 

Sanctus, 

Agnus Dei, 

Postlude, 



Heller 
Millard 
Millard 
Millard 
Viohn ami Organ, Bendel 
Millard 
Millard 
Dubois 



Organist, Miss Elizabeth M. Baktley 



IDespcrs— 3 O'clock 



DOMINE, 

Dixit Dominus, 
Confitebor, 
Beatus, 

Laudate Pueri, 
Laudate Dominus, 
Magnificat, 
O Salutaris, 
Tantum Ergo. 



Ki'sewii^ 

liosewig 

Fisk 

Fish 

Fisk 

Stearns 

Fisk 

Weise 

Wicgand 



Organist, Miss Elizabeth M. Hartley 



,-^r<3 




FLORENCE CONG R EG AT ION A L CHURCH 




AT the Florence Congregational Church the pastor, Rev. S. 
Allen Barrett, conducted the services, reading for the Scri]jture 
lesson, Deut. 3o:r-2o. The venerable pastor emeritus. Rev. 
Elisha G. Cobb, who for thirty-five years had gone in and 
out among this people as their teacher and leader, was invited to 
address his old congregation this day and did so. Mr. Cobb gave as 
his theme, "Northampton, a Pleasant City in which to Live." He 

showed this, first, by describing the 
natural scenery of this part of the Con- 
necticut vallcv, and said it was a favor 
to be permitted to live amid such sur- 
roundings. This city is characterized, 
ahjo, by a progressive conservatism. 
( For two hundred years we were only 
air'agricultural town. The meadow lands 
l)roduced bountifully. The necessities of 
life were abundant and luxuries little 
thought of. Such a people learn to pro- 
duce everything they want among them- 
selves and are always conservative. It 
became a proverb among us that if a man 
owned a strip of meadow land, belonged 
to the First church and bought his clothes 
of Deacon Daniel Kingsley, he would 
surely go to heaven when he died. 
Some others might get there, bvit these 
would go more direct, j 

( Several times in our history, ardent, 
impetuous people have called the old town 
slow and illiberal, but we have come into 
possession of excellent railroad facilities, 
water, sewer and lighting systems, lilira- 
ries, educational and charitable institu- 
tions, without expensive mistakes, which 
a more headlong policv would have in- 
curred . - 

Northampton has been particulaily 
liberal towards education and religion. 
Very few cities, large or small, represent 
so large an element of intelligent organized 
scepticism as we have had in our little 
city. I have had a good deal of obser- 
vation and experience and am sure that kf.v. s. .a.llhn Barrett 



Khv. Elisha (j. Cobb 




NORT HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 137 



ou, rhuR-hes arc- lar-cr, stronger, more intelligent and inlluential be- 
cause ot the buttetmg they have had. Exercise develops strength and 
a reasonable Christian faith has nothing to fear from the severest tests 
Ihe schools of Northampton have increased in their annual ex- 
l)cnse rom $14,000 in 1867, to $80,000 in 1903. Half of our twentv- 
one school-houses are new, modern and substantial, and are housing 
3,000 children. Some think that our expense for schools is too great 
and increases too fast. If ,t should become necessary to cut down 
our school expense, the ],lace to begin is at the top; that is with the 
superintendent and department supervisors. Good teachers make good 
schools and work better if not supervised too closelv and too much 

These characteristics of our citv, its beautiful situation its con- 
servative liberality towards everything that tends to the imj^rovement 
of the ])eo].le. its general atmosphere of liberty, order, intelligence and 
thntt, make it a good place in which to live. 

The fact that we are celebrating our two hundred and liftv vear'^ 
ot life and growth should have a beneficial effect. It will help us to 
know our own history better, and e\-erv future grows out of a i)ast 
It will helj) us to plan and conduct our affairs better. Better than 
our fathers and mothers did, when the wages of a hired man were ten 
dollars a month and grog. 

It will help us to see that what we do for honestv, viitue edu- 
cation and religion in ourselves, our homes and communities. 'helps 
our city. The city is as its people. Cities and nations that have 
perished have done so through bad morals and vicious conduct. To 
believe m Divme Providence and co-operate with Him revcrcntlv 
righteously, faithfully and persevcringlv, will work out our own in- 
dividual salvation and clothe our cit\- with a glorv that will excel the 
past. 



The church was decorated with a fine arrangement of flowers and 
flags, and the music was by the choir, reinforced by about a dozen of 
its former members, who .sang with fine effect one of the old-time an- 
thems. Prof. A. M. Fletcher presided at th(> organ with his usual 
taste and vigor, and all the music under his direction was of the high- 
est order. 



FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 
FLORENCE S. S^ S^ S. S^ 



REV. Alfred Free spoke at the morning service upon the 
subject, "Quahties that Go to Making up of Worthy History." 
His conclusions were, in brief, as follows: 
"Beneath the surface of the social life today he the vices 
and the virtues of the past. As in the great forests the trees are 
rooted in a soil formed largely of the decomposed tissues of other 
forests that once grew in their places, so we may find the roots of this 
day's life of the community or state deep down amid the dust and 

decay of past generations. The growth 
toclav is nourished upon the past; it 
springs from it and is sustained by it. 
The industry, the heroism, the virtue, the 
nobilitv, of the people now living were 
made possible by the people who lived 
centuiies ago. We may think of these as 
mouldering under ground, in undisturbed 
peace and safety, never again to put 
forth bud and leaf of promise, or fruitage 
of noble deed; but, in fact, all that is to- 
day springs from these and sustains vital 
relations with what we sometimes call 
the dead past." 

The speaker then sketched briefly the 
early settlement of the Connecticut valley, 
and discussed the cjualities of our ancestors 
which enabled them to produce the worthy 
history of two hundred and fifty years 
which underlies our present social life. 
These qualities were industry, sobriety, simplicity of life, and rehgion. 
These points were considered in the order given. Of rehgion he said : 
Theirs was a strenuous effort to adjust life to its environment. Our 
fathers believed in an ultimate purpose in creation, and back of that 
purpose a Purposer. The greatest faith is not afraid to trust reason 
and truth, trust God and Man. In some respects the men of the past 
had less faith than we of today. They sought to bind the rehgious 
beliefs of their time upon the future, and in this way prevent possible 
changes in the established cieeds. But the new astronomy, geology, 
evolution, and historic criticism opened the mind to larger thoughts upon 
the great questions of religion, until it became evident to thinkers that 
the old teaching must give place to views more in harmony with the 
larger knowledge of the new age. Those who were afraid to trust reason 
and truth felt that the onlv safe way was to stand bv the old doctrines. 




\ 



Rev. Alfred Free 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



139 



111 winch most of them sinccrch- bcHcvcd. But those vvlio had more 
open vision saw clearly and felt deeply the heavy and needless burdens 
such doctrines placed upon reason and faith. What were these men 
of open, honest minds and hearts to do? Thev must be true to them- 
selves. The diihculties that stood in their (vay opposed themselves 
to others also. They must be true to the pul)l'ic. But to teach the 
truth as they saw it was to bring trouble ujjon themselves and the 
church. It meant leaving or being forced out from the old religious 
home 111 which they had l)een bred. The inherited spirit of freedom 
must ])revail. 

The world has moved forward. Throughout the J£nglish-speaking 
world the larger \-ision and catholicity of these later vears the lines of 
separation arc less marked. There is' a reawakening s])irit of amity. 



Musical selections were rendered at this service by a double quar- 
tette consisting of Mrs. W. A. Metcalf and Miss Helen F. Schadee, 
sopranos; Miss Alice Cary and Mrs. l-:iizabeth (Graves, altos; John C. 
Facey and Kirk Stone, Jr., tenors; and Herbert T. Kelley and C. Pres- 
ton Otis, bassos. These sung anthems and Messrs. Facey and Kelley 
sang a duet. 



FLORENCE METHODIST CHURCH 



AT the Florence Methodist Church Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham 
preached Sunday morning, taking for his theme, "Religious 
Thought and Life for 250 Years: Some Contrasts." His 
generalizations were upon the following lines : 

Two hundred and fifty years in the history of the world is a brief 
space, but a long time in the history of a community. It is fitting we 
1 ause and observe so important an event. The new world was sparsely 
settled 250 vears ago, and the red man was little disturbed. There 

were no roads, no bridges; no factory 
whistles awakened the echoes of this 
peaceful valley, but the religious con- 
trasts, not the material, are our theme 
today. Those were the days just preced- 
ing Cromwell's death and bigotry was 
rampant. No sooner was the house of 
Stuart restored, than those who did not 
conform to the Anglican church were 
outside the pale. On St. Bartholomew's 
day 2,000 ministers were ejected from 
their pulpits. John Bunyan was languish- 
ing in jail. In France the profligate Louis 
XIV was exteiminating the Huguenots. 
On these shores William Penn and Roger 
Williams were struggling for religious 
liberty. 

Reputed witches were burned at the 
stake. The white man was well entered 
u]:)on his work of debasing both the red 
man and the black man — the one with the bondage of drink, and the 
other with the bondage of toil. Tw^o hundred and fifty years ago but 
few if any had caught the inspiration of the Master's last commission 
for the evangelization of the world. To almost all classes the Bible 
was a sealed book. Anglicans and Presbyterians may yet disagree, but 
they do not butcher each other. There is still wide cleavage between 
Protestants and Romanists, but fires are no longer kept to dispose of 
heretics. The battles fought by Roger Williams and WilHam Penn have 
been won for all time. The golden age has not come respecting morals 
and the spirituaHife, but the present is an infinite improvement upon 
250 years ago. [The Bible is in ev^ry home, and the armies of Christ 
are winning victories in every land. ) What of the future? What will 
250 years bring to pass? May we not hope that the last battle among 
nations will have been fought; the last saloon, brewery and distillery 
will have been closed; every legalized avenue to destruction hedged 
up ; one universal church ? May our beloved city, as she goes on toward 
her half -millennial milestone, increase in all those virtues which make 
for the peace of the municii)ality and the commonwealth ! 




Rev. Herbert G. Buckin(;ham 



CHURCH or THE ANNUNCIATfON, FLORENCE 



RV.X . I'atiuk II. (iallc'ii, jiaslor of 11k> Clninh of tlu' Annuncia- 
tion at I'"lorcnic'. ])rcae'hc(l at the io.,:50 mass Sunday morning, 
and dnw sonu' striking and important conclusions, which are 

liriclh' sumnu'(l n\) as follows: 

Wc arc ]iroud of our splendid city and of its history. In the 
olden time the Puritans builded on a sure foundation, since religion 
and righteousness were the controlling influences of their lives, both 
public and private. If God was less a father than a stern master, 

their conception lc(l to a more severe idea 

of duty. Dark and sombre it made their 

lives, but their self-denial called forth a 
power over themselves that made them 
sul)ordinatc to high and noble ])urpose. 
They were well adapted, those settlers of 
early days, to meet the conditions of a 
warring existence. By conquering them- 
selves they accjuired that indomitable 
force of character which enabled them to 
cope successfully with a wily Indian foe 
and master even nature herself in the 
battle for sul)sistence. But when ha])pier 
conditions came and extraordinary efTorts 
were no longer called for, the world's 
a.dvance along the lines of making life 
niore endurable and less ])enitential was 
not acceptable to the Puiitan. His Cal- 
vinism, a most severe interpretation, had 
to give way befo: e tlu' modern belief in the iovousness of life. Little bv 
little the old order changed, until todav the children of the old settlers 
are apologizing for the peculiarities of their l)elo\-ed ancestors. In 
our churches there is nothing to remind us that the arts and theology 
were ever at variance. Our endowed theatre is a rebuke to the early 
aides of morality. The education of females, once thought to be of 
no account whatever, is now the first industry of our city. But most 
w^onderful of all things that have come to pass in Northampton, the 
Pope of Rome is the s])iritual father of the major part of our church- 
going population. These things may not be unmixed blessings, still, 
unless our reading of old churches has been at fault, there is today in 
our beloved city, moie than ever in the olden days, a freedom and 
joyousness in living, more pleasures for the peo])le and a better appre- 
ciation of esthetic- means for the production of well-ordered happiness. 
* * * The American of todav is a blend of manv races. He will 




Ri:V. P.ATKICK H. (iXIIKN 



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dominate wherever crowds gather during our Anniversary Celebra- 
tion. We have heard our orators declare on public occasions that 
we were assimilating the foreign population. Perhaps they were mis- 
taken. The national powers of digestion are limited. Slowly but 
surely statistics show that the older American race is passing away 
forever. Unless stimulated by admixture of other races they are des- 
tined, these children of the Puritans, to gradual bvit complete extinc- 
tion. It is the one sad note that forces itself upon us during these 
joyous days. 

The newer peoples, the Irish, Canadian and Polish, seem des- 
tined to inherit our splendid national patrimony. They will soon 
become fused into an American type. They will love and cherish our 
institutions, and, if need be, die in defense of our flag and our common 
and beloved countrv. 



The following musical program was rendered : 

Organ Prelude, 

asperges, 

Kyrie, 

Gloria, 

Credo, 

Traumeri: Violin and Organ, 

Sanctus, 

Agnus Dei, 

Postlude; "Gloria," Violin and Organ, 



Wagner 

Su'g 

Loesch 

Loesch 

Ewing 

Schumann 

Mozart 

Gregorian 

Mozart 





CHURCH OF THE SACRED HE A R T 



THE Celebration was hailed with joy by all, ]^rol)ably, but by 
none more than by the French Canadian people of the Sacred 
Heart parish, for it is in this beautiful city they have taken 
up their abode and made homes which have now become almost 
as dear to them as those which they quitted so regretfully on 
leaving their own dear country. At the solemn services held on 
Anniversary Sunday, in the Sacred Heart church, a large and devout 

congregation assisted the societies of St. 
Joseph, St. John the Baptist, and the 
Sacred Heart Cadets, the latter appearing 
in full uniform, enhanced by their pres- 
ence the enthusiasm of the occasion. It 
was to these societies in particular the 
sermon was addressed, of which the fol- 
lowing is a brief summary : 

"On this first day of the Anniversary 
Celebration of this beautiful city, I am 
most happy to see our Catholic societies 
assembled here to thank God for the 
favors of the past and to ask for a con- 
tinuance of the same. 

"Adopted children of the American 
Republic, citizens of this charming city, 
you have today done your duty as Chris- 
tians. Continue to show your loyalty and fidelity to your country, 
not only during this time of festivity, but the whole course of your 
lives." 




Rev. Noel Rainvii.le 



The musical program rendered was: 

Old Hundred, with Organ and Violin 
Bordellaise Mass 
Kyrie 

Gloria 

Credo 

OflFertory, "O Salutaris" 
Sanctus 

Agnus Dei 



CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 



AT the Church of the Blessed Sacrement Rev. Thomas P. Lucey 
preached at both the morning services on "The 250 Years of 
Northampton History." He spoke forcibly of the early 
struggles of the people — the early settlers — how they sur- 
mounted all obstacles, such as the attacks of the Indians, the difficulties 
of travel and the general hindrances to progress of that time. Con- 
tinuing, he spoke of the material progress and advancement in 

religious and social life the last century. 
._„_-^, ^ He said that the gratitude we owe to 

God for the many manifestations of his 
love towards the town sJiould be fervent 
and broad. There are few towns that 
have received more gifts from her grateful 
children, in the way of public institutions, 
both religious and educational. It is to 
be hoped that our people will prove them- 
selves worthy of all their advantages, and 
do all in their power, by noble lives, to 
add to the future greatness of the city. 




Rev. Thomas P. Lucey 



A special program of music was ren- 
dered by the choir, and the church was 
beautifully decorated by the people of the parish. 



The musical selections were: 

Prelude: Organ. 

Anthem: "Great is the Lord," 

Offertory: Organ, "Adoration," 

Anthem: "Our Land, O Lord," 

Postlude: March from "Athalie." 

Mendelssohn 



B. Stearne 

A. Gaul 

Schnecker 



POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 



EVEN the newest ehureh in town, the Roman Cathohe Chureh 
of St. John of Cantius, did not allow tlie (hiv to pass 
unnotieed. Onlv one service was held, tliat in the mornin^r 
— the regular io.,^o mass, but tliis was 
held in the Home Culture Clubs' hall, 
the chureh on Pros])ect street not then 
being opened. 

A large congregation gathered, and the 
pastor. Rev. Peter C. Reding, preached a 
discourse calculated to rouse tlic latest- 
arrived race in this land of libertv to 
the value of rejjublican institutions. He 
contrasted the concHtion of the Polish 
people the last two hundred and fifty 
years with the ])eoi)le here, and showed 
how, with study and education and the 
liberal institutions afforded to all, l)y the 
government of this country, the Polish 
people might in time ho])e to emulate 
the achievements of all civilized lands. 

The achievements of the people of Ancient Poland were not 
forgotten, and the services of the best Polish talent were pro])erly 
acknowledged, the whole being declared still greater cause for emu- 
lation by the Polish people on this comparativelv new soil. 

The music was impressive and Ijefitting the occasion, though no 
special program had been arranged. 




Rev. Peter C. Redinc 



THE SERVICE OF SONG 

3^ 3^ SUNDAY EVENING 3^ J^ 



FOLLOWING the church services of the morning, people gen- 
erally dispersed to their homes, and in the afternoon there 
were heavy showers, which seemed to bode ill for the Service of 
Song, at the anniversary tent, in the evening, but with twilight 
hours clearing skies came again, and large crowds of people of all 
religious denominations began to wend their way towards the Pavilion 
on the Forbes Librarv grounds. The tent was quickly filled with an 

audience of about 2,000, and it was 
estimated that as manv more stood out- 
side, and listened and heard for the 
most part, while probably as many turn- 
ed back, disappointed at not being able 
to approach within hearing distance. 
From this it seems evident that a tent 
holding from 8,000 to 10,000 people would 
have been none too large for the occasion. 
But this, unfortunately, could not be 
obtained in time. 




Prof. Edwin B. Story 



The people of this city have come, 
naturally and educationally, bv the love 
for music which has so long distinguished 
them. Amid the great wealth of beauty which nature bountifully 
provided for old Northampton, its awe-inspiring mountains, its 
forest-clad hills, its beautiful glades, brooks, rivers, lakes; its com- 
manding hills within the village limits, affording charming vistas made 
famous in history, and its great undulating alkivial meadows, wondrous 
in their ever changing beauties, it is natural that there should have 
sprung up with the people a love of art, and that among these emotion- 
ally inspiring scenes music should flourish. So it was, and is today. 
The Meadow City has always fostered this art educationally as well; in 
the earlier times with the singing school and later in the established 
work of instruction in the public schools by Prof. Henry Jones, and in 
after years by Ralph L. Baldwin, to practical perfection. Then there 



. J^O RTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 147 

was the development of the loeal bands and the fostering influences of 
musu' ,n the liomes of the people. Speaking of more specific work the 
Choral L ni..n. whose splen.lul concerts and oratorio productions are still 
longinolN- remembered bx- tlu' ohler residents, should not be forgotten 
And those hvmg who lu^ard and saw, can never forget the famous con- 
certs given bv jcnnv Lmd and the first amateur production of "11 
Trovatore," under ihv direction of Dr. Thomas W. Meekins. Then 
later came the famous Aj-ollo Club, un.lcr Dr. Meekins' leadership, an<l 
the cit>- was not ashamed of the Doctor's son, Thomas, now living in 
Xcw York, when he stood u]. as a successful .lirector of a local com- 
I)anv of musicians in the rendition of the opera "Pinafore." Of recent 
years there has been much activitv in music, with the concerts under the 
auspices of the Smith College music de].artmcnt, the growth and de- 
velopment of music in the churches, with many excellent productions 
of great masterpieces, many organ recitals; and the artistic concerts of 
the Northampton Vocal Club under the direction of Ralph L. Baldwin. 
So It is natural that the art of music should have received imme- 
diate attention and have been given due i-rominence in plans for the 
250th celebration, not only upon Anniversary Sundav. but the other 
two days of the Celebration, as will be seen 'in the reports following. 
The committee on music, whose composition is elsewhere announced, 
gave the very best support and embellishment to the ])leasure of those 
memorable davs. 

When the Service of Song began, m the Anniversarv tent, at eight 
o'clock, the scene was an impressive one. The platform was oecup"ied 
by a chorus of about 200 voices, made up largelv of church choir mem- 
bers and the Northampton Vocal Club, an<l in front of the chorus was 
the large orchestra of local musicians. The service was under the 
direction of Prof. Edwin B. Story of the music department of Smith 
College and for many years organist and (dioir leader at the Edwards 
church. The program was of a varied and i)lea.sing character and 
introduced many of the church organists and choir soloists of the town 
as follows: 

1. Okciihstral PKKi.rDi; : •' Gloria in E.xcelsis," Mozart 

THE GRCIIESTR.V 

2. F.^voRiTE TuxES of ouv Forefathers I 

*Majesly {Hillings 1746-1800); *Sherburne {Kcad IJ^J-^)- 
Invitation (KiinbaU 1-61-1S26). 

THE CHORUS AXD ORCHESTR.Ji 



*These tunes were sung in the -'Old Church," at a concert given on Jan. S, 1854. 



148 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

3. Tenor Solo: "Come unto Me," with Violin and Pianoforte, 

H. N. Bartlctt 

MR. ROY \V. STEELE, MISSES LAURA S. JONES, ELIZABETH HICKEY 

4. Quartet: "O Come, E\'ery One That Thirsteth," \vith Pianoforte, 

^lendehsohn 

MISS MARJORIE \V CLIFFORD, MRS. CHARLES B. KINGSLEY, 

MESSRS. FRANK M. READIO, EDWARD M. MEEKINS, 

MISS CLARA G. LORD 

5. Soprano Solo: "Salve Regina," with Violin and Pianoforte, 

HcnsJiaiv Dana 
(Violin obligato, written by Miss Anna L. Kidder) 

MISS MARY FITZPATRICK, MESSRS. OSCAR N. FIELD, ALFRED M. FLETCHER 

6. Chorus with Trio: "The Heavens are Telling," Haydn 

MISS CAROLINE L. BENWAY, MESSRS. CHARLES L. SAUTER, MORTI.MER D. MAYNARD, 
THE CHORUS, ORCHESTRA, MESSRS. C. MILTON KINNEY, CHARLES C. CHASE 

7. Trio for two Tenors and Bass, " Tantuni ergo," Rossini 

MESSRS. CHARLES H. READIO, FRANK M. READIO, ALBERT E BROWN 

8. Contralto Solo: "O Divine Redeemer," with Violin and Pianoforte, 

Gounod 

MISS M. LOUISE WEATHERBEE, MR. HARRY F. BARRETT. MISS LOUISE A. SCHADEE 

9. Male Choruses: "God's Glory in Nature," Beethoven 

"Into the Silent Land," Arthur F cote 

THE NORTHAMPTON VOCAL CLUB, MR. RALPH L. BALDWIN, DIRECTOR 

10. Two Hymn Tunes: "Ware" and "Ferguson" for the Congregation, 

with Organ, George Kingsley {Xorthantpton 1S11-1SS4) 

THE CONGREGATION (standing), CHORUS, ORCHESTRA, 
miss ELIZABETH BARTLEY 

11. Chorus: "Thou, O Lord, art our Father," Arthur Sullivan 

THE chorus, orchestra, MESSRS. ALBERT L. NORRIS, ALEXANDER P. COUTURE 

Particularization in review of the solo and chorus work would 
hardlv be expected in a work of this kind, yet it shotild be mentioned 
that the chorus sang with remarkable precision of attack and shading, 
considering the short time allowed for organization and preparation, 
and the effect was gratifying and inspiring. The solos were aU ade- 
c^uately rendered and the service was one that was dignified, altogether 
fitting and memorable. The audience fully realized that it was a 
service of song, not a concert, and properly refrained from applause, 
Vjut the rendition of the favorite tunes of the forefathers, "Majesty," 
"Sherburne" and "Invitation," was observed with unusual interest 
bv most of the assemblv, owing to the traditions of their composition 
and their old-time popularity. These old tunes were rendered with 
such skill and fervent power as brotight vividly to mind the early days 
of the town and colonies, when the three tunes were sung everywhere. 
To the younger portion of the assembly the staid, stately measures 
and majestic strains were a revelation of the changes which have taken 
place in religious music within a hundred years. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 149 



The N()rthani])t()n \\)cal Club was gladly welcomed when it came 
to render the ninth number on the ]jrogram, and the audience took 
an active ])art with the chorus and orchestra when George Kingsley's 
tunes were reached. Man\- hearts were stirred as thev never were 
before and given a s])iritual uplift, through the deep emotions which 
surged over the soul and brought thoughts too powerful to be uttered. 
The chorus and orchestral work for Sullivan's "Thou, () Lord, art 
our Father," which followed, was a fitting benediction and finale to 
the service. 

After the service the crowd in the tent joined tlu- throng on the 
street, admiring the illuminations, but before eleven o'clock the people 
were for the most part again gathered at their homes, and the 
first day of the Celebration soon clo.sed. 

In this concert the church choirs of the citv were represented, 
as follows: First church, Ralph L. Baldwin, director; Edwards church, 
F:dwin B. Story, director; Baptist church, Raymond B. Harris, di- 
rector; Methodist church, C. Milton Kinney, director; F:piscopal church, 
Charles C. Chase, director; St. Mary's church. Miss Elizabeth Bartley, 
director; Church of the Sacred Heart, Alexander P. Couture, director; 
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Miss Mary Kiely, director; Florence 
Congregational church. Alfred M. Fletcher, director; Florence Meth- 
odist church, Mrs. James W. Lee, director; Church of the Annuncia- 
tion. Florence, Aliss Elizabeth Hickey, director. 



The orchestra was constituted as follows: 

Vioi.ixs: First, Misses Rebecca Wilder Holmes, Hele.n A. Boyxtox, 
Laura S. Joxes, Helex Warxer, Messrs. Oscar N. Field, Edward A.' 
RusHFORD, Harry F. Barrett, Philip G. Parexteau. Second, Messrs. 
Fraxk D. R. Warxer, James W. Coxxelly. Charles D. [acksox, Fraxk 

DOXAIS. 

Violas: Messrs. Albert N. Baldwix, Johx F. Gexcxo. 
'Cellos: Messrs. Fred L. Clark, Harry W. Kidder. 
Basses: Messrs. George F. Seidell. Miltox O. Wickes. 
Flute: Mr. Fred Kix.xey. 

Clarixets: Messrs. Michael Slater, Charles A. H upper. 
CoRXETs: Messrs. Fred W. Stearxs, Charles A. Wheeler. 
Tromboxe: Mr. Fraxk J. Lizotte. 



ill<aiiM»»itpagBPi»igiB»ii»>i»iitfiwipiM W»r^ ? ' 




This is the Paradise of America. - 
scape from Round Hill. 



■Jenny Lind, while viewing the land- 



The main street of Norwood was irregular, steadily seeking higher ground 
to its extreme western liinit. It would have had no claims to beauty had it not 
been rich in the peculiar glory of New England — its elm trees. . . . The elms of 
New England ! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Par- 
thenon were the glory of its architecture. 

Henry Ward Beecher in "Norwood." 



It was this union of seclusion and publicity that made Norwood a place of 
favorite resort, through the summer, of artists, of languid scholars and of persons 
of quiet tastes. There was company for all that shunned solitude, and solitude 
for all that were weary of company. Each house was secluded from its neighbor. 
Yards and gardens full of trees and shrubbery, the streets lined with venerable 
trees, gave the town at a little distance the appearance of having been built in 
an orchard or a forest park. Henry \\'ard Beecher. 



What a field for inspiration ! Here is the Connecticut valley, seamed and 
dimpled with many a fantastic cicatrice of the flood's caprice, overgrown with 
tanglewood of trees and clambering vines, with opens of meadow land, in varie- 
gated green, sloping gradually towards the shining river, a silver baldric, framed 
with osier and water maples. Roundabout are the sociable hills, huddling around 
each lowland landscape, detaining the morning mist to give its mirage-like effect 
to the sunrise, while, like an illuminated banner, they hold above the twilight 
vales the last rays of the sun. Artist John P. Davis, of New York. 



How a man could live there and ever get his eyes to the ground, I cannot 
imagine. Beecher's "Norwood." 



Scenes must be beautiful which, daily viewed, 
Please daily, and whose novelty survives 
Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years. 

Cow PER. 



M O N D A Y 3^ S K C: () N 1) I) A Y 

RINGING or niJ.LS .1X1) I IR/XG O !■ S.IJA T J-.S 



M< ).\I)A\' morning' was the first secular day of the Celebration, 
and the sky was dark and threatening when Luke Day, keeper 
of the city lockup, loaded the cannon belonging to the late 
WaUlo M. Whitconib. at the rear of the Forbes Library lot. This 
old tieldpiece, which had done duty on many ])ublie occasions of 
rejoicing, never was heard to better advantage. The sun was scheduled 
to rise at 4.20, but it did not ])ut in an ap])carance on account of the 
lowery sk}-. Ordinarily a sunrise salute calls for but one gun. but this 
was an ini|)ortant occasion, and Governor Bates had particularly re- 
(juested that more should be fired, so that he could be thoroughly 
and early roused for the i)leasures of the day. and twenty-one guns 
were therefore fired. As the first gun was heard, the bells of four 
churches, with the high school and college bells, chimed in merrily, 
and the Meadow City made an official recognition of the great Cele- 
bration and its 250th birthday. ^|^he cannon firing and bell ringing 
occupied aljout twenty minutes, and then Chairman John P. Thompson, 
of the Committee on Salutes, telephoned to Round Hill, inrjuiring if 
the Governor was awakened. He received a hearty affirmative reply 
from the Governor, and the ecjually early rousement of the citizens and 
their presence on the streets showed that they also were alive to the 
importance of the day. 

The First church bell was rung l)y Andrew P. flancock. the Ed- 
wards church by Arthur Green, the St. John's church l)y James Good- 
win, the Methodist church by Clifford Smith, the college bell by Jan- 
itor John Doleman, and the high school bell by Janitor Darwin C. 
Robbins. 

At 10.20 o'clock Mr. Day, in the ])resence of a small army of boys, 
began firing the salute to the Governor, fifteen guns being called for 
this time, and these also signaHzing the gathering of the citizens for 
the first formal and official exercises of the Celebration in the Acad- 
emy of Music, which began at 10.30 o'clock. For the information of 
future generations it may be stated that, in firing the salutes. Mr. Day 
used about a pound and a ([uarter of powder for each shot, and about 
fifteen dollars was expended in this service. 



EXERCISES IN THE JCADEMT OF MUSIC 

ADDRESS OF WELCOME 5r PRESIDENT L. CLARK SEELYE 
AND ORATION BY EX-GOVERNOR JOHN D. LONG 

THE Academy of Music was tilled to the doors with the first 
secular assembly of the week, and the scene was an impress- 
ive one. On the stage were the following well-known people: 
Judge William P. Strickland, Judge W^illiam G. Bassett, Judge 
John W. Mason, Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose, Rev. Willis H. Butler, Rev. 
Lvman P. Powell, Rev. Frederick H. Kent, Rev. John C. Breaker, Rev. 
Alfred Free, Rev. Clement E. Holmes, Rev. Gerald Stanley Lee, Rev. S. 
Allen Barrett, Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham, Rev. Fathers John 
Kenny, Michael J. Welch, Noel Rainville, Timothy J. Fitzgerald, 
and Thomas P. Lucey, and Rev. Robert M. Woods of Hatfield, Dr. 
Christopher Seymour, Dr. Elmer H. Copeland, Prof. Isaac Bridgman, 
Prof. John T. Stoddard, Prof. A. P. Dennis, ex-Mayors John L. Mather, 
Henry P. Field, and Arthur W'atson, Postmaster Louis L. Campbell, 
City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, A. Lyman Williston, George W. Cable, 
Capt. Richard W. Irwin, Sidney E. Bridgman, Oscar Edwards, Robert 
E. Edwards, Christopher Clarke, Henry R. Hinckley, Oliver Walker, 
Merritt Clark, John C. Hammond, Timothy G. Spaulding, Henry S. 
Gere, Luther J. Warner, Albert E. Brown, Calvin Coolidge, George D. 
Clark, Charles N. Fitts, Superintendent of Schools Jacob H. Carfrey, 
Charles N. Clark, Chauncey H. Pierce, John L. Warner, William A. 
Bailev, Harry E. Bicknell, Walter L. Stevens, Myron L. Kidder, 
George L. Spear, James H. Searle, George L. Wright, Peter Sobotky, 
Frank N. Look, Homer C. Bliss, Thomas A. Orcutt, William MacKenzie, 
Prof. James Mills Peirce of Harvard University, Prof. Lorenzo Sears 
of Brown University, Col. Joseph B. Parsons, Isaac S. Parsons and 
Frank B. Parsons of Boston, Josiah S. Tappan of Boston, Edward C. 
Bodman and George A. Wells of New York, Stephen S. Taft of 
Springfield, Lyman N. Clark of Westfield, Major Charles S. Shattuck 
of Hatfield. 

The interior of the Academy was decorated as well as the exte- 
rior, and the Governor's wife and wives of the Governor's Council oc- 
cupied seats in the boxes and were the objects of much attention. 

Mayor Henry C. Hallett presided by virtue of his office, and on 
his right sat President L. Clark Seelye and Hon. John D. Long, with 



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153 



Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose an<l Alderman Samuel S. Cami^icn of Xorlh- 
ampton. England, on the left. Back of these were the members of 
the Governor's Council and his executive and private secretaries. The 
members of the cit>- government were also on the stage, with the Exec- 
utive/and Finance Committee of the Celebration. 

'' The exercises opened with the singing of "To Thee.O Country," 
by the Smith College Glee Club, and the young women aroused great 
enthusiasm b>- their spirited music. Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose offered 
prayer, an<l after two selections by the glee club,' "Voices of the 
Woods" and "Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot," President 
Seelye was introduced and gave the oj^ening address. The eloquent 
periods of this favorite home orator thrilled the audience and brought 
forth loud aj)plau.se. 

Upon the conclusion of Dr. Seelye's address, Hon. John D. Long, 
ex-Governor of Massachusetts and ex-Secretary of the Xavy, was in- 
troduced and made the oration of the day. The exercises closed with 
the singing of "America" by the glee club, the audience joining. 



) 




PRESIDENT S E E L r E ' S ADDRESS 




L . Clark S e e l \ e , L L. D. 

Your Excellency, the Governor; Your Honor, the Mayor; Friends and 
Felloie Citizc]is of Xorthampton. — 

ALL over the earth, in various languages, by a common con- 
sciousness of fitness, men have spoken of the City as feminine, 
and under the symbol of motherhood have signified her re- 
lation to her citizens. From infancy to old age they are under 
her fostering care. Their health depends upon her sanitary regulations ; 
their wealth upon the work she offers and the industry she encourages ; 
their manners upon her refinement ; their intelligence upon her schools ; 
their moral character upon her ethical standards ; their faith upon her 
reverence for God; their liberty upon the laws she enacts and enforces. 
From their political mother men acciuire their best possessions. She is 
the medium through which they gain their first knowledge of Nature, 
of man and of God. In her embrace they awake to a sense of love, 
and there they first learn the mystery of sorrow and of death — the joy 
and the gain of disinterested public service. She, in turn, acquires 
vital strength and increase from their fidehty and attainments. When 
they die she continues to voice their affection and to execute their 
will, and the high ideals which they were too weak or short-lived to 
realize, she perpetuates as accomplished facts, and as incentives to 
higher attainments. Her vigor need not be diminished by the lapse of 
centuries, and the passing generations may augment her resources. 
The Citv is, therefore, permanently associated with the most fecund 
and precious experiences of human life. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSAC H US I-:TTS 155 



It is l)\- virtue of these associations, if 1 inter])ret rightly the signifi- 
cance of this festival, that the sons and daughters of Northani])ton 
gather from near and from far to congratulate their political mother on 
her 250th birthday and to wish her man\- hai)])V returns of this joyous 
anniversary 

How diflferent the scenes which greet us from those which greeted 
her infancy! Above are the same heavens; the same majestic river fiows 
through the meadows: our horizon is bounded by the same picturesque 
mountain ranges; but how changed the inhabitants and their environ- 
ment! No longer unbroken forests stretch as far as the eye can reach, 
concealing in their unexplored recesses wild beasts and savages; no longer 
men fear lest a sudden Indian raid may massacre the few inhal)itants 
and blot out the infant settlement. All the perils and privations of that 
])rimeval wilderness have ])assed away. In ];laee of a rude and contract- 
ed society, we behold a prosj^erous and highly civilized community, where 
men enjoy, without molestation, the rich fruits of past and present in- 
dustry, and where they find almost unlimited opportunities for mental 
and spiritual growth. With no trace of her early barrenness and poverty, 
decked with banners — em])l€ms aHke of her conflicts and victories, and 
of the varied nationalities which have contributed to her composite life, 
— the City of Northampton today, like a benignant mother, receives 
from thousands of those whom she has blessed, the testimony of their 
gratitude and affection. In her name, I am commissioned to welcome 
the special representatives of the complex agencies to which she is most 
indebted for what she is, and for what she has been able to aecomi)lish. 

First of all, she would welcome His Excellency, the Governor, and 
the honored officials of the Commonwealth, — whose child she is, to whom 
she has ever looked for protection, whose glory she reflects, and whom it 
has been her joy to serve with unwavering loyalty. Our forefathers 
believed in the State as a divine institution, and that only through its 
organization could society be saved from anarchy and men realize their 
liberty. They accordingly acknowledged its authority in all their trans- 
actions. 

Northampton's historv begins with the petition of the first settlers 
to the General Court for leave to form here a Township. That they might 
have a legal title to the territory they occupied, they bought the land of 
its Indian owners instead of taking it by superior force, and ever since 
that petition was granted and the deed of conveyance signed by the 
Indian sachems, her growth has been in accordance with the laws of the 
Commonwealth; and when Massachusetts became an integral part of 
the United States, the City was no less loyal to the Nation, and contrib- 
uted her cjuota to i)romote the growth and vigor of the national life. 

Recognizing her vital dependence for whatever she possesses or has 
accomplished upon the higher sovereignty of the state, she ofTers at this 
anniversary her most respectful salutations to the official representatives 
of the Commonwealth and of the Nation. 



156 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

The first civic institution in Northampton was a court of justice, 
estabhshed only a few months after her settlement, and on the decisions 
of that court, Northampton has constantly relied for the conviction of 
criminals and for the adjudication of disputes. Her lawyers early be- 
came eminent. From their ranks have been chosen judges for the Su- 
perior Court, and also those who have filled high official positions in the 
Commonwealth and in the United States. The descendants of her dis- 
tinguished jurists and vou, the living members of the Bar, who worthil}^ 
transmit its spirit and traditions, the City also welcomes, gratefully ac- 
knowledging the measureless influence for good, which has been exerted 
in this community by the legal profession, in advocating the claims of 
law and in securing impartial justice. 

Four vears after the justice came the minister, and seven years after 
the court, the first church was established. The historic order does not 
indicate the relative importance of these institutions in the minds of the 
early settlers. In their notion, church and state were inseparable, and 
the God they worshiped w^as the author both of law and of grace. The 
first public edifice was called the meeting-house, and it served alike the 
purposes of a court and a sanctuary. Although the court preceded the 
church historically, religion always stood first in the estimation of our 
forefathers, and the ministers were held in highest esteem among public 
functionaries. Particularlv favored was Northampton in her early 
teachers. Thev commanded both the reverence and the respect of their 
parishioners by the purity and uprightness of their lives, by their un- 
blemished character, and by their superior intellectual ability. Men 
they were — 

"To all the country dear, 
And passing rich, with forty pounds a year." 

The third minister of the town, Jonathan Edwards, who succeeded 
his grandfather, won an international reputation, and occupies the fore- 
most rank among American clergymen. More than 2,000 descendants 
have been traced to him alone, the majority of whom have ably filled 
influential positions. Who can estimate the influence of these godly 
men in exemplifving the high ideals of life which they proclaimed, and 
in their intelligent and constant interest in whatever was for the well- 
being of their parishioners? 

Marvelous have been the changes in religious creeds and practice 
since the organization here of the first parish and church. Until last 
century the clergv of the town belonged to the established New England 
church. An Episcopalian or a Roman Catholic would have been viewed 
with about as much aversion as an Indian prepared for a w^ar dance. 
The creed of the City now is neither Protestant nor Roman Catholic. 
Equal privileges and equal rights are given to all religious organizations, 
whatever be their denominational standard or their ritual, and the City 
cordiallv welcomes todav all religious teachers, whether called ministers, 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 157 



rectors, priests or rabbis, who are sincerely seeking to help men to wor- 
ship God and to lead pure and honored lives; for on the righteous char- 
acter of its citizens, now as ever, all civic prosperitv must primarily 
depend. 

Next to the jurist and the minister came the schoolmaster. The 
same rough building which served as court-house and sanctuary was also 
the school-house, and the same ])ublic spirit which soon provided more 
suitable buildings for court and church has provided, from generation to 
generation, ampler facilities for education. Some of the most noted 
school teachers of the land have made their rei)Utation here, and the 
beneficial influence of their training has been felt in everv line of civic 
activity. Although we have ])assed that period when the schoolmaster 
was looked iipon as a ]jrodig\' of learning, — 

"And si ill the wonder grew 
That one small head could carry all he knew," 

we do not forget that this wider difl^usion of knowledge and this larger 
proportion of educated men and women are due in a great measure to the 
scantily paid instructors of our public schools. You, faithful men and 
women who have taught the boys and girls to use their brains most 
effectively, and who, working for small pay, have greatly increased the 
value of every citizen, the City welcomes today, and accords a high place 
among the sources of her strength. 

I know not when the first regular physician came to this region.* 
1 imagine the sturdy first settlers were blessed with such robust consti- 
tutions that they rarely needed medical aid, or if they needed it, they 
got little more than Nature freely gives. Probably two centuries and 
a half ago a sick man would have had, ordinarily, a better chance for 
recovery by following Nature's suggestions than by submitting to the 
treatment which medical science then sanctioned. But competent phv- 
sicians came with the town's larger growth; — men who co-operated with 
Nature in her healing process, and through whose intelligent efforts the 
most prolific sources of disease have been removed. Sanitary regula- 
tions are better understood and enforced; men live longer; and quacks 
and quackery have become disreputable. In no profession has there 
been greater progress than in medicine. Never were physicians so well 
educated nor so well qualified to practice the healing art. In the name 
of the community whom they and their ])redecessors have served, the 
Citv welcomes her ])hysicians, for the salutar)' work they have accom- 
])lished. 

vShe welcomes, also, her living heroes, and the kindred of those now 
dead who have oft'ered their lives in her defense. In the fierce encoun- 
ters with Indian tribes, in the merciless French and Indian wars, in the 



* In the Hi.*tory (jf Northfield it is said that Patience, — the wife of William Miller, one of the first 
settlers of Northampton, — "was a skillful physician and surgeon and was the only doctor at North- 
ami)ton (luring tlie first two settlements." Probably, however, her meilical knowledge was no more 
than that which an experienced nurse ordinarily possesses. 



158 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

wars with England for national independence, in the fratricidal struggle 
to save the Federal Union, in the American and Spanish wars, the sons 
of Northampton have shown their loyalty and valor. On land and 
sea, as private soldiers and marines, as commissioned officers in the 
varied ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, captain, colonel, major, general, 
admiral, rear admiral, they have faced death without flinching in the 
service of their country, and have won for Northampton imperishable 
renown. All honor to the brave men through whose patriotism the life 
of the city and the state has been preserved ! 

The City welcomes, also, w^th special gratitude and pride, the ben- 
efactors who have founded her numerous institutions. I know no citv 
in the world, and I doubt whether one can be found, of the size and 
wealth of Northampton, which has been the recipient of such varied 
and costly gifts to increase the enjoyment and intelligence of her inhab- 
itants. Some of these are not merely local, but are of national impor- 
tance, and exercise a world-wide beneficence. They are largely the out- 
growth of that spirit which has led men here from the earliest generations 
to subordinate their private interests to the public weal. They indicate 
also, the respect and confidence with which the City has been regarded 
by those living outside its territorial limits. A large proportion of these 
gifts have come from unmarried men, who, having neither wife nor chil- 
dren as objects of their affection, have beciueathed their wealth to the 
City in token of their affectionate regard. 

A brief enumeration of these charities will show how remarkably 
Northampton has been blessed and how great are her obligations. 

First, there is the Smith Charities, an institution founded by Oliver 
Smith, a bachelor of Hatfield — having an endowment valued at about 
$1,200,000, with unicjue provisions — for gifts to young men and women 
who satisfactorily complete an apprenticeship — for dowries to indigent 
and worthy young women, when they marry men of good character; — 
for annuities to widows with dependent children — and for a cumulative 
fund to found an agricultural college in the year 1906. 

Then there is the Clarke Library, and memorial of the soldiers who 
died in the war of the Union — founded by John Clarke and other cit- 
izens of Northampton, holding real estate and invested funds amounting 
to $206,000. 

There is the Clarke School for the Deaf, established also by John 
Clarke, with property and funds valued at about $500,000, to give to 
mutes the power of speech. 

There is Smith College — possessing property amounting to $2,200,- 
000, to which its founder. Miss Sophia Smith, bequeathed the bulk of her 
fortune, and to which many other citizens of Northampton and friends 
elsewhere have generously contributed, in order to provide for young 
women the best advantages for a higher education. 

There is the Forbes Library, established also by a bachelor, Charles 
E. Forbes, possessing real estate and invested funds amounting to 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 159 



$500,000. the income of $300,000 bcmj^ re served as a i)erpetual fund 
for the ])urchase of books. 

In connection with this there is the Earle Fund of $65,000, estab- 
hshed by Dr. Phny Earlc, also a bachelor, to aid in the maintenance of 
the librar}-. 

There is the Dickinson IIos])ital — founded by another l)achelor of 
Hatfield, Cooley Dickinson, with a fund of about $150,000. 

There is the Academy of Music — valued at $125,000, the gift of 
Mr. E. H. R. Lyman, that the citizens of Northampton might have an 
attractive and convenient ])lace for the best class of entertainments. 

There is the Florence Kindergarten, established by Mr. Samuel L. 
Hill, and enlarged by the gifts of Mr. Alfred T. Lilly, with proi)ertv 
amounting to about $300,000, that the children might have the benefit 
of kindergarten training. 

There is the Whiting Street F'und, of $25,000. the gift of Whiting 
Street, to he!]) the worthy poor who are not paupers. 

There is the Home for Aged Women, to which many citizens have 
contributed, valued at $25,000. 

There is the Lilly Library, with propert\- amounting to about 
$iS,ooo, also the gift of Mr. Alfred T. Lilly, for the especial convenience 
of those at a distance from the other libraries. 

There is the Home Culture Club — the generous enterprise of Mr. 
George W. Cable — to provide for those who are destitute of home ad- 
vantages — to which many other citizens have contributed, and which 
has property and invested funds amounting to about $75,000. 

Then there is the Young Men's Christian Association, possessing 
real estate and funds arnounting to about $50,000 — the contribution 
of many benefactors, although largely due to the benevolence of Mr. A. 
Lvman AA^illiston. 

To these varied charities — amounting to nearly $5,000,000 — might 
be added $500,000 to represent gifts in church edifices and $615,000 to 
represent the gift of the State in the Northampton Lunatic Hospital. 
What other city of its size can show a record of l)enevolence equal to 
this? 

May those to whom these trusts have been committed ])rove worthv 
of their heritage, and transmit them, with augmented resources, to the 
coming generations 1 

In singling out these re])resentatives of the manifold forces which 
have contributed to the growth of her civic life, Northampton doesnot for- 
get her indebtedness to the working men and women to whom she owes 
her origin, and who have always constituted the great majoritv of her 
citizens. 

The first settlers of Northampton represented a vigorous stock, 
physically and intellectually. In emigrating from the Old Country and 
braving the perils of the ocean to establish homes in an unexplored wil- 
derness, thev illustrate the survival of the fittest. Thev were men not 



160 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

easily daunted nor discouraged. Hardships they made hght of; work 
they esteemed honorable, and indolence criminal. They had high ideals 
of virtue, law and religion. Sharing in a measure the ignorance, the 
superstition, the indifference to pain, which characterized that period 
of civilization, they nevertheless possessed so richly the essential prin- 
ciples of truth, justice and righteousness, that they were enabled to 
outgrow the forms of ancient barbarism, and to develop here some of 
the best types of manhood and womanhood. They soon made North- 
ampton a center of light and commanding influence to all the region. 
Good and able citizens were attracted from other localities by the supe- 
rior advantages here offered. Steady contributions of the best blood of 
New England poured in to enrich and to make more vigorous the original 
parent stock. None were ashamed to work with their hands as well as 
with their brains. They ploughed fields, felled forests, made roads, 
built houses, developed manufactures, and organized, in manifold ways, 
the varied industries which have furnished the conveniences and com- 
forts of civilized life. Men of commanding influence soon arose from 
their ranks who filled acceptably and with conspicuous ability the high- 
est offices of church and state, while all classes and conditions of freemen 
worked unitedly for the common weal through the forms of a democratic 
government. As freely as she received, so freely Northampton has 
given her citizens to play important parts in founding other towns and 
cities. Her sons and daughters have been among those who led the van 
in that movement which has carried civilization from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific. Even in lands remote, among peoples widely separated from 
us in language and lineage, her merchants, mechanics, teachers, mission- 
aries, and the youth, who here gained their first knowledge of Christian 
civilization, have carried her name and made her beneficial influence felt. 
You, the living representatives of these generations, whose lives are im- 
perishably embodied in the City's corporate existence, and who have 
made her light to shine all over the earth, she also welcomes to her 
festival, in the hope that labor here shall never be a source of strife, or 
an instrument of tyrannical oppression — shall never be a merely 
servile task, Ijut shall remain so honorable and hel]jful, that when 
another quarter millennial of history is completed, men shall find 
here a nobler and more abundant life. 

And now it is my privilege to welcome one who, though not a 
native or resident of Northampton, is an illustrious example of the 
citizenship which she has steadily aimed to produce, — a man to 
whom all American citizens are greatly indebted for his estimable 
service in the high offices of state which he has most acceptably 
filled, and who increases our obligations today by consenting to 
honor us by his presence and speech. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of welcoming and pre- 
senting to you, as the orator of the day, the Hon. John D. Long, who 
will now address you. 



A A' - G V E R NOR LONG'S ADD R E S S 




U N . J 1) II N 1) . L (J .N ,. 



DR. HOLMES once wittily suggested that nowadays the patron 
saint of Massachusetts is Saint Anniversary. Hardly a day 
in the }-ear comes round which is not an occasion for the 
celebration of the foundation of some stone in the tem])le of 
the Commonwealth. 

It is unfortunate that the good saint is not as ]jroliric in suggesting 
themes for the orator as he is in furnishing demands for his appearance 
and reappearance, though never his positively last appearance. Every 
line of discourse has been worn threadbare. From the past is alwav's 
drawn the same lesson ; from the present the same warning; for the future 
the same injunction to be good and true, and to be virtuous if we would 
be happy. As we hear, on whatever occasion or from whatever lips, 
these cumulative addresses, which come so thick and fast that nobody 
reads th=m except in the headlines of the abstracts of a good-natured 
press, they remind us of the variations which the musician's art develops 
in the tinkling, melodious paraphrase of some old song, and through 
which, though perhaps for a moment carried away by what seems a new 
note or measure, we soon recognize the familiar air of "Yankee Doodle," 
or, as today, the heart-touching refrain of "Sweet Home." 

For it is the dear old home you celebrate today — set in this paradise 
of New England, on the bank of the beautiful Connecticut, under the 
sentinel watch of Mt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke, along these rich meadows 
which tempted here your ancestors, and in the laj) of these bordering 



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hills — its clustering roofs sheltering happy family circles, its varied in- 
stitutions of industry and thrift and charity and education making it the 
type of the best civilization of the age, and its memories and associations 
those of a patriotic, progressive history, in which are prominent the deeds 
and influence, not more of a few than of the whole body of the men and 
women who have inspired and characterized it from the beginning. 

Hence it is that this is an occasion, not for special recital of here 
and there an event or of here and there a name, or for grandiloquent or 
didactic oration, but for the happy reunion of neighbors and townspeople, 
for the interchange of greetings, and a gathering at the family fireside 
of fall — for they all still live — who from the beginning, two hundred 
and fifty years ago, have dwelt in its warmth and added to its cheer. 

And as all these generations rehearse their story, what I am sure 
strikes us most is, that, with all your growth in numbers and wealth 
and institutions, with all your material progress in the arts, with all 
vour accumulation of knowledge and the means of its acquirement, and 
with all your justly boasted advance, the fundamental qualities, the 
human nature, and the springs within the man himself, which have 
worked out all these, are the same that broke the silence of the wilder- 
ness here two hundred and fifty years ago, and planted here the stand- 
ard of a Christian commonwealth. Whether you look back along the 
lines of military or of civic life, of farm or shop or cloister, it is the 
same man at every turn, with the same hope and inspiration and duty 
and achievement. 

When in the spring of 1654 the first settlers made here their home, 
and soon gathered around the family altar their wives and children and 
their household goods, erecting their homesteads and selecting their 
meadow lots, holding their first town meeting, erecting the meeting- 
house for all town purposes, (for the parish and the town were one), 
putting themselves in political relation with the General Court of the 
colony, establishing courts of justice and appointing officers to enforce 
the law, and beginning a system of the records of the town to which 
they gave its present euphonious name, it was all no mere beginning, 
but the already matured fruit of a civilization in which it was a step, 
and in which ours is but a later step. 

For there is this striking peculiarity in our early history. We were 
born from the front of Jove, mature and full. The civilization of other 
peoples has been a slow evolution from barbarous beginnings, with 
influxes through invasion or conquest or political relations with other 
powers. Our fathers began well up the summit, and I doubt whether 
it has been possible to make much advance on them in the fundamentals 
of intellectual power and grasp or righteous living. They were almost 
all of English stock, though the Hibernian was in evidence in North- 
ampton within twenty years from its start and later was granted and 
today largely illustrates the citizenship which was at first denied him. 
Indeed now, with nearly all nations represented, you are a world-city 



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From the birth of your town you find no day (jf mean things no semi- 
barbarism from which there has been an exodus, but always the pro- 
gressive spirit. No more generous enthusiasm for learning or piety or 
patriotism goes into your institutions today than thev put into theirs 
Their spelling sometimes seems a little peculiar, but it 'is not worse than 
that of some graduates of Harvard and Yale whom we have known 
They planted the school-house, thev procured the best teachers they 
trained their children for the university. They dotted your landscape 
with the spires of churches. On the roll of their divines, their physicians 
their lawyers, their soldiers, their statesmen, you find the most illustrious 
names. Why mention Mather and Edwards and Stoddard and Lyman 
and Cook and Parsons and Williams and Hawlev and Strong and Pom- 
eroy, when to mention these names is to omit others, so many of which 
are also worthy of mention:^ The things of course which conspicuously 
and conventionally mark the history of a town are the characteris- 
tics and acts of certain individuals. Around these cluster the romance 
and the interest. They are the blazed monarchs of the forest by which 
the traveler finds his way. And yet I think the true history of a New 
England town for two hundred and fifty years is in its unindividuahzed 
growth, as steady and irresistible as the movement of a glacier— the 
whole abundant forest, not a few trees in it but the whole abundant 
forest with its mighty growing shelter and its common glory— in other 
words, the entity of civilization, with its bettering of human conditions 
for all life. If you would trace the real history of Northampton, you 
will not, proud as you may be of them, limit your view to names such 
as I have mentioned, which quickest catch the eve and elicit the praise 
of the outsider who in kindly courtesy pays vou the graceful compli- 
ment of an after-dinner speech. You will'find it in the homely bene- 
factions of those who by industrious toil and faithful citizenship have 
kept sweet the heart of New England civihzation, and who, though no 
Emerson dwelt among them, lived his philosophy long before him in the 
serenity of their hearth-sides, and have written 'it in the esthetic adorn- 
ment of their homes. You will find it in the devotion of clergymen and 
teachers, of good women, humble apostles of social reform and charity, 
of progressive citizens of foreign birth, of men of wealth, who, with 'a 
public spirit worthy of all praise, have year after vear contributed to 
enlarge and to freshen every stream of good influence, and of men whose 
only wealth was the labor of their hands, but all which thev poured 
into the channels of the thrift and development of your municipality. 
Such be the benefactors of your town, the fibre of your historv, whom 
no orator pictures, whom no poet sings. 

Even from the first one wonders at the great array of active, thriv- 
ing, busy men, who were erecting forges and factories on vour streams, 
engaging in agricultural pursuits with an ardor and success that put us 
of today to shame, carrying on large traffic, their mills merrv with the 
song of the saw and wheel, their streets active with the life of carriage 



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and commerce. To the wars they sent no hirehngs or churls, but men 
of reputation and substance. Some of them were high in miUtary rank; 
some perished in the flower of their youth, in battle with the native or 
foreign foe. They rendered stout service in the French and Indian 
wars, and were at Crown Point and Fort Edward and Fort William 
Henry. Their contribution of life and substance in meeting the fright- 
ful attacks of the savages, whom they proposed to govern with or with- 
out their consent, was proportionately larger than any sacrifice of our 
modern times. The story of that conflict with the Indian foe is full of 
romance, of instances of personal heroism, of pitiless cruelty suffered, of 
fight and burning and captivity, and yet amid it all went on the steady 
growth of the town, peace more potent than war. They were in at the 
taking of Louisburg, where Seth Pomeroy, an equally good blacksmith 
and soldier, won the prestige that gave him later a brigadier-general- 
ship in the war of Independence. They were all through that glorious 
war, at the siege of Boston, and in the long line of reverses and suc- 
cesses that followed. They were substantially on the side of law in 
Shays' Rebellion, which, if it had not good cause, had some occasion in 
the distresses of the time, the oppression of debt under which the rural 
population groaned, and the exactions of hard creditors, but which after 
all, to the credit of our fathers be it said, was fought out rather by the 
hard-headed debate of veomen in the field and in the village than by the 
comparativelv bloodless battles between a pitchfork and a rusty musket, 
or in the race by the mob and the militia through the snowdrifts of 
Petersham. It was at that time, and to help create public sentiment 
against disorder, that the Hampshire Gazette, the forerunner of the 
potent influence of the press of the Connecticut valley, was founded, 
with such men as Joseph Hawley and Caleb Strong as contributors. 

In the war of the Rebellion Northampton's record is one of proud 
achievement: it is a record not only of the service and sacrifice of those 
who went to the front, its sons enrolled in more than half of the Massa- 
chusetts regiments in the Union army, especially in the fighting Tenth 
Massachusetts, in which Northampton was conspicuous, and which 
inscribes on its colors the battles of the Peninsula, Antietam, Fred- 
ericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness, but of the 
unfailing help and the unwavering loyalty of those who at home pro- 
vided the material sinews of war and upheld the equally important 
public sentiment of unflinching faith and fidelity to the end. At San- 
tiago, in the Spanish-American war, one of Northampton's sons, bear- 
ing a name historic in her annals, was a most conspicuous captain 
in that brilliant naval battle. Indeed, as I run back through these 
two centuries and a half, I share the glow of pride wdiich you feel 
in finding no lingering record of folly or crime to excuse; no era 
of ignorance and darkness to be relieved with mythical traditions 
of physical prowess; no succumbing to the witchcraft delusion which 



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shamed your fellow colonists of the Eastern shore and which vour ances- 
tors practically laughed out of court as the i)estilent nuisance of back- 
biting and querulous gossips; hardlv any offences more heinous than the 
ordinary pranks and disorderly behavior of lusty and super-abundantly 
lively boys whose heads the tithing-man rapped with his staff to keep 
them ciuiet during church service, but all along the years a clear, steady 
light; not the blaze of sacrifice or pomp or wealth or war, but the li^ht 
of Christian intelligence and simple virtues and true manhood. " 

As I have said, the real history of Northampton is the history of its 
years of peace and ordinary procedure. Its share in war and battle is 
incidental. And yet its record there is conspicuous. If there be a silver 
lining m the tempestuous cloud of war, it is m the fact that war is not 
solely battle and blood and horror. It has been the convulsion which 
rent apart the hard and restricting coil of oppression and repression 
God doubtless might have made a l)etter berry than the strawberry,' 
though doubtless God never did. God might have made a human 
nature that would not have wrought out its betterment largely throuo-h 
Its selfish instincts and the survival of its fittest, and that would not by 
Its rapacity have given occasion for meeting the sword with the sword 
While philosophy and humanity have abhorred war as a monstrous 
though sometimes necessary calamity, it has given outlet to the exercise 
of some of the noblest virtues and furnished' most striking material for 
the historian, the novelist, the painter, the poet and the singer. The 
great spirits that have evoked and presided over it have been the great 
spirits of the age. Nothing can redeem it, considered by itself and for 
its own sake. But as an agency in human outburst and' growth, it has 
been the thunderljolt that has made the air clearer; it has been the con- 
vulsion that has torn asunder the obstructions in the pathway of peace. 
God grant that it may somewhat atone for its ravages today by an early 
letting in of the sunshine of a better civilization in the three' great realm's 
of the Orient, whose fortunes it now involves. In the slow evolution of 
progress which has not yet taken us entirely out of the brutal stage, it 
must be regarded as the knife that has som-times cut the cancer from 
the flesh. In that evolution its horrors are already alleviated, every 
resort is urged for its avoidance, and in the millennium it will disappear. 
But meantime let us not forget tliat out of its son have sprung force of 
character, resourcefulness in exigencies, statesmanship, appreciation of 
human rights, qualities of leadership and of protection to the weak and 
of battle against wrong, stimulus to like quahties in the bloodless but 
equally vital struggles in time of peace for righteousness and order, 
and some of the finest humanities, — even as exquisite flowers sometimes 
spring from the foulest sod : and that all these things never found finer 
expression than in your fathers of Northampton and the Common- 
wealth of which she is one of the jewels — the Athens of Western Mass- 
achusetts, as Mr. Bridgman has called her, alike distinguished for hero- 
ism and literature, graced by writers like Edwards and Judd and Cable 
and honored by the visits of patriots like Lafayette and Kossuth. 



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I desire to conciliate you with no fulsome compliment to your 
community, which in its origin, its history, its consummation, is not 
unlike many another in our Commonwealth; but I have read its storv 
with a feeling of profound respect and veneration and gratitude. You 
could today have visited shrines of greater fame, over which are temples 
wrought by masters of architecture and gorgeous with the creations of 
supreme art ; you could in imagination re-create from Greek and Roman 
ruins lying before your gaze the magnificent grandeur and beautv of 
dvnasties that have ruled the world; you could in ancient cloisters hold 
communion with illustrious dead who were once the living representa- 
tives of the most conspicuous achievement and the proudest glory of 
warrior, statesman, orator, poet, scholar and divine. But broader than 
these is the scope of the humanity and beauty and significance of the 
birthplace of a town like this, where no broken column or fallen temple 
tells of the magnificence and luxury of the few wrung from the poverty 
of the many : where no statue or shrine keeps alive the memorv of warrior 
or king or of any one man who stood out from his fellowmen because 
their inferiority to him made him seem great; but where rather has 
been the self -growth of a people, that common recognition in town or- 
ganization of the equal rights of all men, which could not endure that 
any child should be uneducated, or that any one caste should hold 
supremacy or any other should be ground under foot, or that any slave 
should long breathe Massachusetts air, and which in our generation, 
expanding in the indignant burst of a nation's heart, has struck the 
fetters from four million bondmen, and made America indeed the land 
of the free. 

With keen interest I have read your ecclesiastical history. I recall 
the homely houses of worship, with their barren interior of bench and 
wall, unwarmed by fire or shaded by curtain or blind, the congregation 
of decorous and sober men who brought their wives and little ones to 
meeting, or, sending them to the front, themselves remained near the 
door to guard against attack from without and perhaps by their austere 
watchfulness to maintain good order within; and the wig and gown and 
accorded authority of the pastor, who from his high pulpit preached the 
word of God and at the same time took a hand in the secular affairs of 
the town, its taxes and fences, and was at once priest, teacher, politician, 
mentor, guide, and, in the best and in no depreciating sense, the general 
busy-body and factotum. Meagre as was his salarv, it is interesting to 
note that he sent his boys to college and that his inventory in the pro- 
bate court shows what, in the Yankee vocabulary of the time, was "a 
considdable proppity." 

I am not of those who feel much interest in the theological polemics, 
the interior church quarrels, the sometimes bitter and often petty dif- 
ferences that were always arising in the churches of our New England 
towns, as among a jealous, free-minded, unslavish, thinking people they 
always will arise; nor do I share in the flippancy with which some have 



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lighth' touched or ridiculed the old New Enj^Iand c]cM-g\' or the psalm- 
singing Puritan. We know better. As wc read all history, we see of 
how little consequence are the dry bones of dogmatic puzzle, of dis- 
tinctions between Pharisee and Sadducee and Essenc, of the refinements 
of metaphysical dogma, and how full of eternal life and sap are the 
veins through which has run the flow of great moral and religious prin- 
ciples. The M'ig and gown of the Puritan ])astor, the cocked hat and 
sober demeanor of the Piudtan deacon do not mislead us. We know 
th5 rich fund of human interest, of kindly humor, of practical sense, of 
independent thinking and of constant care for the welfare of society, 
its education and improvement, which made the church of our fathers 
a fountain of life and of light, and one of the deep imbedded granite 
foundation stones of the Commonwealth, on which rests its proud 
superstructure todav of college, of school, of good laws, and sound 
education, and l)usiness prosperity, and Christian civilization. Let us 
not forget the part which the church, not as a btiilding erected by 
human hands, not as a theatre for the display of clerical eloc^uence or 
authority, not as a congregation of sectarians, but as the expression of 
our common recognition of the divine imminence and of our accept- 
ance of the teaching and example of the great Master as the true 
guidance of a people, has played in the growth and fruitage of our 
institutions and in our character as a state, and especially in 
freedom of thought and in the spirit of independence. The church 
and state are indeed well dissevered in their machinery; but Heaven 
forbid that in their spirit and influence they should ever be anything 
but one. 

The great figure in the church history of Northampton is Jonathan 
Edwards. It is not for me at this time to dilate vipon that illustrious 
name. The metaphvsical refinements of which he was a master have 
long since ceased to be of general interest to this practical age. The 
terrors of his heated imagination, glowing with scorching fires, are now 
no more appalling than the memory of the harmless lightnings that re- 
lieved the gloom of a last summer's shower. And yet in his rebuke 
and denunciation of sin and the sinner he is no more severe than the 
pulpit of todav, though the punishment it now fits to the crime has less 
of the odor of the burning pit and more of the sting of the outraged 
conscience. The treatises on the will and on original sin, and other 
abstruse and subtle ratiocinations, wrought out in his study, which gave 
him world-wide fame and are marvels of metaphysical reasoning, were 
written after he went from your town. To us in our neighborly remi- 
niscences here today, he is only the Northampton preacher, who, unlike 
some other prophets, was not in his own day altogether without honor 
and is in our day indeed with the highest honor in his own country, but 
hke other local' ministers of his time, and our time, had his fret and 
friction with his parish, which ultimately drove the pastor from his 
charge of the fold. The mechanic, the farmer and the young lawyer, 



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who faced him in parish encounter on the issue of half -covenant, but I sus- 
pect still more in resistance to his restrictions on the lighter indulgences 
of personal life, carried the day against him, as the shoemaker of Marsh- 
field was too much for Daniel Webster in the town-meeting debate. 

An interesting feature in the local life of the old time is illustrated 
by the very frictions and quarrels in the church, to which I have re- 
ferred. There were no railroads in those days, creating great aggrega- 
tions of people in business centers; there was no city in New England; 
there was no great West tempting to distant investment, and 3''et there 
were the same tremendous personal energies which in our generation 
have spanned the continent with iron rails, covered the ocean with our 
commerce, dug the wealth of mines from the bowels of the earth, flashed 
the electric light into every dark place, and are now cutting a pathway 
for the sea between the northern and southern halves of this hemisphere. 
These energies have simply found a larger field. They were then limited 
to the town, sometimes the county, less often the state, and found their 
exercise in the local church, the local town meeting, the local school and 
the local militia. They expended themselves over the location of the 
meeting-house, the purchase of a bell, the salary of the minister. As 
much vital force and strenuous clash of argument went into the dis- 
cussion of the enormity of a horse race, the election of an ensign, the 
division of meadow lots, the laying out of a highway or a bridge, the 
conflict between geographical sections of the town for a school-house 
or a meeting-house site, as nowadays go into a presidential campaign 
or the administration of our insular possessions or the shrill debate on 
the tariff. Resistance to the imperious edicts of the Puritan church 
against "pride in clothes and hair" as "a heinous sin," was as sturdy as 
the resistance a century later of the Boston patriots to the landing of the 
tea. They, too, in those days, when wheat supplied the lack of cash, 
of which there was next to none, dealt with the problems of a sound 
currency. They had their financial budgets ; they made appropriations 
not only for the developing enterprises of peace, but for war with the 
Indian and the Frenchman and the red-coats. They, too, put their 
public spirit into home manufacture, into sheep raising and wool spinning 
and products of every sort that their local necessities required. The 
village tavern was their secular senate house, and its keeper was a man 
equal to the representation of his town in the General Court, or to the 
command of its militia in the martial field. 

I have not thought it my duty, aware as I am of your thorough 
familiarity with every detail of your history, and bringing you only the 
general suggestions that go with such an anniversary occasion, to enter 
upon the work of tracing that history or the interesting local and personal 
features that are incident to it — especially to your early history, which, as 
I note also, in my reading of the fives of great men, is usually the most 
interesting part. That is a work for which I am not fitted, and which 
has been clone for vou bv those whose accuracy of research and fulness 



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of information I cannot emulate. The result, the general drift and 
progress, are what I see, and as I realize the high advance of these I 
feel that the motto "Noblesse obhge" should with especial fitness apply 
to you. If the chivalrous spirit of an artificial caste, nobility of birtli, 
antiquity of blood, distinction of progenitors, put men under obligations 
to be knightly, honorable, brave and true, how much greater is the obli- 
gation that rests upon a people, who look back upon two hundred and 
fifty years of a history like yours, to be true to the standard of virtue, 
patriotism, simplicity, i)urity and intelligence, which vour fathers have 
set you. 

I am not of those who overrate the past. I recognize that our civili- 
zation is better than that of our fathers, and that we have reached a 
higher level in science, art, education, religion, even in politics, and in 
every phase of human development, even in morals, taking into account 
our tremendously accumulated and intermixed populations and vastly 
increased massings of wealth and multiplication of opportunities and 
temptations for social and financial excesses and offences. It is to the 
eternal verities of the past that we pay our tribute ; and we can do no 
better work than to perpetuate virtue in the citizen by keeping alwavs 
fresh in the popular mind the great heroic deeds and times of our historv. 
In this life it is impossible to overrate the good influence on national 
destiny of a legendary name. Look back to your own childhood and 
tell me when you first grew mature enough to distinguish patriotism 
from the story of General Warren and Bunker Hill. Who shall sa\- 
that the tradition of Marathon and Thermopylae did not give us Concord 
and Yorktown, as it also gave independence to modern Greece, and 
glorified the career and death of Byron, and made our own Howe cru- 
sader and philanthropist"- Who shall determine how far the mainte- 
nance of the integrity of our Union has depended on the memorv of 
Webster, and found help in the picture in Faneuil Hall of his great 
debate with Hayne, as w^ell as in his unanswerable logic? 

Let us, however, avoid undue praise of the fathers, because the 
bare truth is tribute enough, and because it is so easy to exaggerate the 
past. Undue exaltation of the good of other times has its demoralizing 
side. There is no service or manliness in belittling our own times and 
men. It is the fashion of everv present hour — bv no means a new 
fashion — to scatter the poison of aspersion on all cvirrent character, 
service and society. There is occasion for satisfaction with the Republic 
as it enters on the new centvirv. This slender strip of seaboard, on 
which Northampton at its incorporation was barely a dot, is now an 
empire so magnificent in territorv and ])0]:)ulation and development 
that the imagination cannot take it in. Think of what has been done 
in the matter of education, of public schools, of universities of learning 
for both sexes and all races, one of wdiich has in the short space of bss 
than a generation made Northampton famous the nation over with the 
name of Smith College. In science we have unlocked the secrets of the 



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earth and the air and the sea, and made them not merely matters of 
wonder but handmaidens of homely use. Religion has been refined and 
elevated, and the human mind, searching for divine truth, has arisen 
above superstition and cant and with knowledge for its guide has rec- 
onciled faith with an enlightened reason. In all matters of comfort, 
of use, of elegance, of convenient living, of house and table and furniture 
and light and warmth and health and travel, what thorough and benef- 
icent advance equally for all, shaming the petty meanness with which, 
unjust alike to the old times and the new, we inveigh against the old 
times and overrate the new ! At home it is with a feeling of satisfaction 
and pride that we turn to our own Commonwealth, in every department 
of her public life; in the administration of her chief magistrate, repre- 
sentative of the plain living and high thinking of her people ; and in her 
spotless judiciary, which has never fallen below its best standard and 
whose ermine bears no stain. Shall I prefer the old times, when I see 
government made today the use, the culture, the salvation of the people ; 
saving those who are in peril from want and fire and famine; looking 
after the little children; caring for the insane, the idiotic, the criminal, 
the drunkard, the unfortunate, the orphans and the aged; guarding the 
interests of the laborer ; bringing to the help of the agriculturist the best 
results of science, and building colleges for the promotion of the noble 
calling of the culture of the soil ; investigating the causes of disease and 
securing its prevention ; giving to all the people comforts that were once 
not even the luxurious dream of princes; pouring out education like 
streams of living water; maintaining great and generous charities; ex- 
tending the shield of its foresight and encouragement over all alike ; and 
guarding the savings of the small earners and collecting in its institutions 
for savings the wages of more than one-half its voters, the depositors 
therein numbering some eighteen hundred thousand or nearly two- 
thirds of its population, and their deposits amounting to some $650,000,- 
000, an amount nearly equal to one-third of the whole taxable valuation 
of the Commonwealth, thereby ensuring, by enfibring the fortunes of the 
mass of the people with the very roots of the State, a security against 
riot and upheaval which is stronger than vaults of steel or even the ter- 
rors of the law? Can the most ardent dreamer picture a truer social- 
ism than Massachusetts herself? What is your own municipality but 
an illustration of the same sort — a cluster of homes for all, a hive of 
industry for all, security and law and order and light and grounds and 
walks and worship and recreation and freedom for all? What an array 
of institutions of education, from the famous Round Hill School, asso- 
ciated with the name of Bancroft, historian of the United States and 
secretary of the navy, to the Smith College for girls, to which I have 
already referred, with its more than a thousand pupils from everywhere ! 
What an accumulation of charities — the Smith Charities which, flowing 
from a will the probate of which was an arena for the contending elo- 
quence and argument in vour court-house of Daniel Webster and Rufus 



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Choate, has laid the foundation of an agricultural school and made pro- 
vision with strikingly ample liberality for the ])oor — the Commonwealth's 
hospital for lunatics — -the Dickinson hospital — the Clarke School, 
which has wrought the miracle of making the deaf hear and the dumb 
speak — this Academy of Music given l)v Mr. Lvman — and the Memo- 
rial Hall and Public LiV)rary to which Jenny Lind added her song 
note, and the Forbes Library and the Lilly Library, a triple contribution 
to the architecture and the literary enrichment of the whole community, 
treasure-houses of knowledge, inexhaustible mines of education, the 
monopolv of no man or body of men, but thrown wide open for genera- 
tions to come, to be the free common resort and ])Ossession of the 
people. 

Grant that corru].)tion exists in high places and in low. Grant that 
politics too often turn into barter. Whatever the evd. it cannot stand 
against the discernment which is so swift to uncover and shame it and 
which will permit it no concealment. There is good token in the very 
sensitiveness of the public mind, which was never keener or cjuicker to 
discover and punish fraud and faithlessness than now. Herein is the 
source of the beneficence of the modern press, which, though here and 
there a vellow streak runs through it, throws the blaze of the noon-time 
sun into the work of exposure and purification. It must not be forgotten 
that the Republic was not only an experiment in its inception, but is 
so still. We are apt to judge it bv the severe rules of criticism which 
we applv to completed work. We forget that only a few short years ago 
it was said that a pO])ular government cannot succeed ; that the popular 
mind is not sufficiently educated to be relied upon; that a pure democ- 
racv has in it no stabilitv or permanence, but must go down with the 
first tumvilt of popular frenzy; that patriotism will decay without the 
veneration that attaches to monarchy ; and that in a government of the 
people ignorance, fraud, brutality and crime will rise by might of fist 
and lung to the su|.)remac\-. The wonder is not that the Repuldic is 
not perfect todav in its machinery, its character, its results, but that 
with its monstrous expansion from within and immigration from abroad 
it has fared so well, and that its achievements are better than its founders 
dared predict or hope. Tell me what government, ancient or modern, 
has been more stable or freer from convulsion. Who are our politicians, 
if not the presidents of our colleges, our brightest poets, our most vigorous 
divines, our cons^Mcuous merchants, our foremost lawyers, our leading 
men everywhere? Our politics, at which we rail so much, are what we 
are. Will vou sav that there are startling evidences of neglect, when 
no pulpit is without its fervid appeal for loftier patriotism; when no 
class graduates from college that half its orations are not on the duty of 
the citizen to the State — I wish the boys would afterwards practise 
what they preach when graduating; when our centennials fairly weary 
us with the demand, made by all who speak by voice or pen, for national 
puritv and virtue ; and when no political party dares the popular verdict 



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that does not proclaim and exhibit its purpose of reform in every branch 
of the pubhc service ? Let the test of our hope or despair be not so much 
the severe standard of the very highest reach of the demands of today, 
but rather the modest trust with which a httle more than a hundred years 
ago our fathers risked a democracy. Is it nothing that their perilous 
confidence in human nature, and in the ability and inclination of the 
masses to govern themselves aright, has been justified and not abused ? 
Is it nothing that, ruled by a mob, our leaders selected from and b}^ a 
mob, our laws the popular sentiment of a mob, yet such is the prepon- 
derance of the good elements over the bad, of the upward tendencv over 
the downward, of order over disorder, of progress over stagnation, that 
the experiment has resulted in more than a century of success; that, 
however imperfect the scheme in some of its outward manifestations, 
it is correct in principle ; and that it has shown the practicability and 
wisdom of a government of the people, by the people, for the people ? 
If there were none in the ranks except the men who have proved un- 
worthy, we might despair; but not when we remember that in every 
section of the country we still number great hosts of honest and able 
men fit for every political need or duty. If a period of national de- 
moralization were followed by continued indift'erence and acquiescence, 
we might despair; but not when we see it followed by the indignant 
uprising of the better elements, the wholesome criticism of the press, the 
outcry of the poet and the philosopher, the sturdy and resolute reaction 
of that fundamental intelligence and honesty of the people, which are 
the fruit of our system of free education, and which can always be relied 
on in the last resort to do the work of reform when the crisis comes. 
For one I feel no final anxiety. I regard it as a sign of the permanence 
of our institutions, that today, when so man}^ mourn over the sadder 
revelations of the time, a wiser philosophy looks through the ferment 
that is sloughing the scum from the surface and purifying the bodv pol- 
itic from top to bottom. To bs conscious of the malady, in a republic 
of free schools and a free press, is to cure it. 

It is easy to raise spectres of danger and forecast perils that threaten 
to destroy the Republic. But it will meet and beat them. It is flying 
in the face of nature and of experience to fear that man, with increasing 
expansion of his opporttmities and powers, has, like a child, no horizon 
of promise beyond his present vision. Why should we, at the opening 
of the century, with its magnificent impulse onward, shudder with the 
same ignorant and ungodly distrust with which the old-time men trembled 
at the coming of the one just ended? We have brought no dangers that 
we have not averted, no perils that have overwhelmed us. Why whis- 
per under the breath that in the near years to come men are to with- 
draw^ more and more from the grinding of unremitted and unlightened 
physical toil ? Do not you and I enjoy whatever exemption from it 
there comes to us, and shall not the humblest enjoy as much ? Will it 
be an evil when science, with its inventions and its use of the illimitable 



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agencies of nature, the development of which is now but m its infancy, 
shall perform still more the drudgery of toil and let the souls of all go 
freer? Labor and industry, in the nature of things, will never ceas^e: 
but the progress of the ages will direct them to higher levels of employ- 
ment, never dispensing with their need, but rather adding to the'ir 
dignity and to the happiness they return. Why, this terror lest those, who 
have not had the sweetness and refinements and elevations of leisure, 
shall have them more and more, as well as those of us more fortunate,' 
to whom it certainly has brought, not harm, but cultures? Our danger 
is not in the honest though selfish efTorts of either labor or capital to 
promote its material interests. It is not in the elTorts which men, who 
suffer from the hard inequalities of the general well-being, make to bet- 
ter their condition by theories of social or industrial reorganization. 
All these things will under natural laws in a free country work out their 
own salvation. Has the result hitherto been so disastrous as to make 
us fear either the bettered conditions of the masses, or their ambition 
for better conditions still?' Faith in the common people is not a fine 
phrase or a dream; it is the teaching of experience and test. Th'?y, 
too, may be conficied in to measure and accept the necessities and ine- 
cpalities that attach to human hving; and they are not going to destroy 
any social economy which blesses them all, because it does not bless 
them all alike. Are not fidelity, patience, loyal service and good citi- 
zenship, true of the kitchen, the loom and the bench?-* Is there no 
professor's chair, no clergyman's desk, no merchant prince's counting- 
room, dishonored? Does, indeed, the line of simple worth or social or 
political stal.)ility run on the border of any class or station? The people 
may be trusted with their own interests. If it shall appear that anv 
one form of government or society fails, there will always be intelligence 
and wit enough to fashion a better. Forces will come at command. 
The instinct of self-preservation counts for something, as well as the 
elements of goodness and progress which are inherent in human nature. 
And when all these unite, while there will indeed be change and revo- 
lution, there will never be wreck or chaos. There will be fools and 
fanatics and assassins and demagogues and cranks, and all sorts of 
insane or vicious dissolvers of security ; there will be convulsions and 
horrors; every fair summer the lightning flashes and strikes. But all 
these are the tempests of the year complementing the unfailing sunshine 
and rain which make the blooming and fragrant garden of the earth. 
There must, indeed, be eternal vigilance and increasing zeal and en- 
deavor for the right. But can there be nobler or finer service than to 
contribute these? Or, if vou, sleek and well-to-do, and jealous of your 
fortunate share of good things, fear lest frenzy and drunkenness and 
vice invade your domain, will vou not stop sneering at the reformers, 
who, in whatever line or of whatever sex or social scale, are trying to 
breast the torrent, and give them your countenance, your help and your 
right arm? Shall our forecast of imminent or coming perils unnerve us 



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and awake only a whine of despair; or shall it rather put us to our 
mettle, and to the development of the better influences which always 
have averted and always will avert disaster'" 

Grant the great accumulations of individual and corporate wealth, 
with its larger luxuries ; grant this, and, if there be danger in it — as there 
is — be on your guard. But is it all evil ? Have the multitude been 
correspondingly straitened and deprived ? Are the homes, the food, 
the clothing, the literary and esthetic tastes, and the amusements of 
the toilers, more limited, or do they share in the general betterment? 
Is the public library closed to them ? Is there no newspaper — a library 
in itself — in their hands each day ? Have they less or dimmer light to 
read by than before; or scantier means of conveyance from the city to 
the fields and beach; or more meagre communication with the great 
orbit of the living world, its interests, its activities, its resources ? May 
we not yet find even in this bugbear of excessive wealth, with its peril- 
ous luxury emasculating those who enjoy it and tempting those who 
ape it, the seeds of the evil's own cure? If it be not so, it is the first 
instance of a corruption which has not wrought its own better life. Need 
we, indeed, even now, look far off for a day when the vulgar gluttony of 
wealth will be the disdain of good manners and high character, not 
worth its own heavy weight, and no longer the aim of a better and finer 
time ? Is happiness, or was it ever, correspondent with w^ealth or luxury ? 
Are not most men superior to either, or to the fever for them? I do not 
think it too much to sav, that in the time to come, "Give me neither 
poverty nor riches" will be not only the wise man's prayer, but the 
"smart" man's maxim and the aristocrat's choice. What refreshment, 
even today, to turn to examples of wealth — of which there are so many 
illustrious in your own city — which finds its most gracious use and its 
most indulgent luxury in cooling streams of charity and beneficence, 
flow^ing broadcast amid the parched lowlands of want and ignorance 
and wrong. Who in Northampton today forgets Oliver Smith, or 
Sophia Smith, or John Clarke, or Judge Forbes? Under our system 
the easy mobility of wealth is its own no small safeguard and regulator. 
Not only do fortunes come and go ; not only from all rounds of the 
social ladder do the millionaires spring; but, even while retained in 
the same hand, wealth does not lie inactive and embayed, but is 
coursing everywhere, a trust rather than an exclusive possession to its 
owner, employing, supporting, enriching, a thousand other men. To 
hold its encroachments in check, is indeed wise, but to emasculate it 
and the strenuous enterprise which strives for it, is to cripple not him 
but them. It is engaged in their service more than in his. It has no 
existence except in this very subservience to the general use. Destroy 
this ftmction, and it is but a corpse, worth no man's having. Fortunate 
is the community, and men do not decay, where under our institutions 
wealth honestly and normally accumulates. It cannot fill one hand 
without overflowins: into everv other. It cannot live to itself alone. 



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Danger and peril enough indeed; need everywhere for safeguards 
and forethought! But the world is a failure and man is a lie if there be 
not in him the capacity to rise to his own might, and to keep pace with 
his own growth. Are education, science, is this godlike mind, are the 
soul and the moral nature to count for nothing but their own disaster '" 
Is there no future manhood to meet the future crisis "" Is there no 
God ? As the dead past buries its dead, so the unborn future will solve 
its own needs. Ours it is to do the duty of the present hour. 

True, indeed, it is that the moral level is still a thousand times too 
low. All this material and intellectual progress has brought with it 
only a greater responsibility; and no American, who rises to the true ap- 
preciation of his citizenshi]) and of his descent from fathers such as yours, 
can for a moment reflect upon the startling and portentous expansion 
of the nation, its vast wants, its intricate and ponderous machinerv of 
government, its temptations to corruption in business, in politics and 
in every relation, its present startling aggregations of arrogant pluto- 
cratic power, its tendency in high circles to fashionable rot and vice, 
without feeling that the great need, the one thing to enforce evervwhere 
is the personal accountability of every citizen for the welfare and dignitv 
and high character of his country, and for taking care, in the noble 
language of the Roman fathers, that the republic suffer no detriment. 
We cannot too earnestly impress this duty or concentrate too many in- 
fluences in its behalf, or bring it too straight home to the young men 
and women who are the most res|)onsible class in the community, though 
they are least conscious of their responsibility. For this reason it is 
indeed well to keep always before our eyes what is sterling, what is best 
in the past. Happy is it that in the providence of God the dead past 
does bury its dead, but — though the poet forgot to add it — keeps alive 
its living; that it buries the dead lies, the dead meanness, cowardice, 
treason, the dead infidelity, sin and folly, the dead men that have sunk 
into benign oblivion; but that whatever was heroic and di\'ine, what- 
ever was pure gold, whatever true man lived, whatever good and pat- 
riotic deed was done or word spoken, wherever a Washington gathered 
into his form the beauty of manliness, into his soul the grandeur of an 
exalted life, all these the past preserves forever fresh and immortal, Init 
hides under the turf the faults and frailties. I doubt not that Jesus — 
the great poet — meant this when he bade the disciple let the dead bury 
their dead. Well may time drop the curtain hastily over its own decay. 
It is the spirit we want, not the form; the germ and not the husk; the 
principle and not the event; the thought and not the man. It were 
nonsense to pav tribute to the memory of the fathers, or to celebrate 
these centennials for their own sake or for any other purpose than to 
utilize the past in the future, to project the lessons, the experience, the 
better soul of the past into the soul of the future, to make it also better 
and grander. In the light of mere narrative and boast, the battle, the 
victory, the congress, even the heroes, are idle tales that are told; they 



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might as well have been the fictions of the /Eneid or the pictures of 
the novelist. But for the aid which our dull imaginations g5t from mate- 
rial associations and the touch of flesh and blood the personages of 
Shakespeare are more real than the Seven Pillars of the Church of North- 
ampton; the Ivanhoe of romance is a knight better known to us than 
Col. Ephraim Williams, killed in the bloody morning scout that pre- 
ceded the battle of Lake George in 1775 ; and Colonel Thomas Newcome 
and Mr. Pickwick have exerted a more personal influence in forming 
the character of the Christian gentleman than the example or lives of 
even the men who created those characters. But as examples of what 
true men have achieved and of what we may therefore achieve as well — 
as exhibiting virtue, not as the mere ideal of the poet, but as the sub- 
stantial consummation of a noble life actually lived, the characters and 
deeds of our ancestors are very fountains of inspiration. 

The century now opening will be one of moral and scientific growth. 
The field is unlimited ; the opportunity inexhaustible. Only let us realize 
the absolute duty of impressing on the leading classes, as we call them, 
on the educated and religious classes at least, the necessity of their pro- 
jecting themselves out of the ranks which need no physician into the 
ranks which do. I do not mean the nonsense of class distinctions; I 
mean that whoever is a foremost man in any sphere, in the professions, 
in trade or elsewhere, whoever leads in politics, in church, in society, 
in the shop, must feel that on his shoulders alone rests the public safety. 

There must be the sense of personal obligation on every man whose 
natural power or happy opportunities have given him a lift in any wise 
above the rest. Virtue, public and private, will become easy and pop- 
ular when it is the badge and inspiration of the leaders ; and good influ- 
ences from the top will permeate through the whole body politic, as 
rain filters through the earth and freshens it with verdure and beauty 
and fertilitv. To me it seems axiomatic that the educated and virtuous 
in a free state can control it if they will. I would emphasize, more 
than anvthing else, the duty of the enlightened classes to throw all 
their energies into the popular arena. Why should the ingenuous youth, 
fresh from college, dream of Pericles swaying with consummate address 
and elocjuence the petty democracy of Athens, and himself shun the 
town-house, where, in a golden age, beside which the age of Pericles is 
brass, is moulded the destiny of his own magnificent republic ? Why 
kindle with the invective of Cicero, or the wit of Aristophanes, and 
himself be too dainty to lift voice or finger to banish Catiline and Cleon 
from manipulating the honor, the integrity, the achievement, of the 
fatherland, bequeathed to him in sacred trust by his own heroic ances- 
tors ? Little sympathv is to be felt with the spirit that stands aloof 
and rails at the clumsy work of government by the people who 
on their part invariably welcome the approach of the man of culture 
and will give him place if only he will not convey the idea that he de- 
spises it. It is useless to denv that the scholars have failed oftentimes 



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— less of late— to improve their opportunity; and if ever the republic 
goes to the bad, it will be, not because the illiterate and lax have seized 
and depraved it, but because the instructed and trained have neglected it. 

A short time ago, in one of the historical towns of our Common- 
wealth, I was at the funeral, in a spacious village church, of a man whose 
manly life and sterling character tilled it with a throng that came to 
pay him at his burial the tribute of their respect, not alone for him but 
for the fundamental qualities of the good and true citizen of which he was 
a type. As I saw that great outpouring of men and women of all classes 
and professions and callings and creeds in religion and politics, it seemed 
to me not more a tribute to him than to them, or rather as I have said, 
to the great underlying forces of our civilization of which he and they 
were a part. I know the elements of selfishness, of frailtv, of defect, 
that w^ere all there; but stronger, deeper, mightier, were the better 
things — the standard in the mass being alw^ays higher than in the indi- 
viduals who compose it — and I thought how irresistible, in a republic 
of freedom and education and equal rights, are the personal forces which 
are the real repubhc and commonwealth, and which, if only united and 
devoted, if conscious of their power and of their responsibility for its 
exercise, can meet any danger that threatens the public welfare and 
ensure the absolute security of state and society. 

Two hundred and fifty years ! Two hundred and fifty years of 
the same intense life we now live, packed with problems that' seemed to 
defy solution, with convulsions that seemed to threaten the foundations 
of government and social order, with trends in destiny that seemed as 
vital as the very beatings of the hearts which, through all those years, 
have burned with patriotic fire. And yet we sum up the two centuries 
and a half in a paragraph of half an hour; we look serenely back and 
see only a steady onflowing current which has never broken its banks 
or gone dry, and which, if here and there along its course it has run over 
boulders, recognizes them only by its eddies and ripples, laughing at 
them in the sunshine. Had it run in some other channel, it would still 
have found its way to the sea. Will our children's children look back 
as complacently on the frets of our day.? Will they dismiss in half a 
dozen lines the fever of our debate over protection on the one hand and 
free trade on the other, or over reciprocity which seems to be their 
appendix or go-between — over these rending strifes between capital 
and labor — over the questions wdiether the policy, which has given all 
the blessings of our institutions to the islands of the Orient under our 
banner and to Cuba under its own, is beneficence or imperialism; whether 
the Philippines shall be pledged a date for their nominal independence, 
which if not kept would be dishonor, or a promise of it at some indefinite 
time which might by its uncertainty and resulting restlessness only delay 
the special work which is now so vitally important at our hands and 
which we are doing with such unparalleled fidelity, of tipbtiilding them in 
every line of education, industry and full participation in their own good 



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government? So far as all the old contentions of the past two hundred 
and fifty years go, we are in smooth water; may we not trust that the 
billows which rock our boat today will likewise be to future eyes only 
the long swell of the thus far safely crossed ocean of Time. May we not 
trust that, hereafter, as in the past, problems and frictions and upheavals 
will work out their salvation, if only we meantime see to it that the one 
permanent and essential element of personal character, which in its 
aggregate is the public opinion which is the only government we have, 
either in the state or in society, is kept good and true, the heart clean 
and the hands pure ; and that whatever in this respect was characteristic 
of our fathers we preserve, as our children and children's children 
must preserve it after us? The age is past, but the man lives. His 
stepping-stones serve their use and are left behind. His monuments 
grow dim in the distance. Only his soul survives. It finds no chart 
except what we reverently call God in His revelation to it in itself. To 
Him, seated in the individual human heart and guarding the indi- 
vidual conscience, it is responsible; by Him it must set its course. 

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst 
formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, 
Thou art God. 

For a thousand vears in Thv sight are but as yesterday when it is 
past, and as a watch in the night. 

So teach us to numl)er our days that we may apply our hearts unto 
wisdom. 




AFTERNOON EXERCISES IN THE TE N T 

ADDRESS />' }- E D W IN C . II () W A R |) // / 77/ 

R E M A R K S B r S A M V E E S . C A M I' I O \ 



EXERCISES in the Anniversary tent or pavilion, Ijegan at two 
o'clock Monday afternoon. These were nominally i')roposed for 
the school children and so announced, but probablv two-thirds 
of the audience were adults, and the address of Principal Edwin 
C. Howard of the Center Grammar school, as well as that of Alderman 

Campion of Northampton, England. 
was more w^orthy of the elder portion 
of the assembly. 

It deserves to be said, in this 
connection, that Principal Howard 
had been an inhabitant of North- 
ampton but a few months, and in 
charge of the grammar school, when 
he gave his address, and his accurate 
and well-framed statement of his- 
torical facts was therefore specially 
noteworthy. 

The exercises opened with the 
singing of "The Star Spangled Ban- 
ner," by the pupils of the 7th, 8th 
and 9th grades and the high school, 



P R I N c I p .-v L Edwin C . H o \v .-^ r d 




under the direction of Conductor L. Lee 
Wellman. This was followed bv Wagner's 
"Pilgrims' Chorus" by the high school. The 
addresses of Mr. Howard and Mr. Cam]_)ion 
were followed by the singing of 

(a) " June " Schncckcr 

(b) " The Heavens Resound " Hcctlwrcii 

The exercises closed with the singing of 
"America" by the combined chorus and the 
audience. 

This feature of the Celebration was one 
of the most inspiring of the three days, and 
children as w^ell as parents seemed to appre- 
ciate it. 




L . Lee \V e l l m ..\ n 

Supervisor of Music in the Schools 



P R I N C I P J L PI JP A R D ' S A D D R P S S 



AT a time like this, when our city is filled to overflowing with the 
thousands who have gathered to celebrate with us the two 
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its birth, it is with a feel- 
ing of no common pride that we point to our present state of 
prosperity, to our world-famed manufactures, to our educational insti- 
tutions, honorably known throughout the length and breadth of the 
land; to our magnificent charities, our eminent men of the present, and 
it is altogether wise and right that we should feel thus. We converse 
with the older men and women whom we meet in our daily walks and 
from them obtain glimpses of the men and events of a quarter or half 
century ago, but how few of us look farther into the past ! How few 
of us know the part which our city, then but a village, played in the 
stirring scenes of the Revolution ! How few realize the dangers from 
Indian tomahawk and scalping knife which the forefathers braved as 
they planted the seeds of the new settlement near the great bend of 
the river, at the foot of the overhanging mountain ! It seems espe- 
cially fitting, then, that we should pause for a brief hour in the midst 
of the festivities which surround us to look back upon the earlier days, 
and follow the forefathers as they went in and out among the rude 
cabins which their industry had built, to trace the progress of advanc- 
ing industry and culture and refinement through its various stages, 
from the crude settlement and hardy frontier village of the pioneers, 
to the present position of power and influence which our municipality 
holds. 

We might entertain a feeling of peculiar pride could we know that 
the early settlement of this region was the result of devotion to some 
tenet of religion, or in defence of some principle of humanity or lib- 
erty; but a more material motive seems to have been the impelling 
force. The rich meadow lands seen by earlier explorers, the possibil- 
ity of acquiring greater wealth, the desire to turn these unused treas- 
ures of nature to present usefulness, were the powers that led the three- 
score pioneers to set out from Hartford, Wethersfiekl, Windsor and 
Springfield for the fertile lands farther up the river, which seemed to 
them to fulfill the Scriptural promise of "a land flowing with milk 
and honey." 

So we may see them, in fancy, during those May days of 1654, 
wending their way along the banks of the Connecticut, striking boldly 
across the fields and through the woods along a trail where busy high- 
ways now run and Westfield, Southampton and Easthampton stand, 
then on until they reached the banks of Mill river at the point now 
crossed by the West-street bridge, but not finding a suitable ford, fol- 
lowed the south bank of the stream to the spot where later the old South- 
street bridge stood, and there they forded the river and pitched their 
camp that first night on the east side of what is now Pleasant street. 



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It is gratifying to know that the business deahngs of the settlers 
with the Indians were always of an IionoraMc nature. The land was 
not claimed merely by right of settlement, but the Indians were paid 
what they considered to be a fair compensation, namely, a hundred 
fathoms, (625 feet), of wampum, ten coats, and a few small trinkets. 
In exchange for this sum was granted all the land along the river from 
Mount Tom and the falls at South Hadley, to the great bend of the river 
above Hadley, extending nine miles westward from the river bank. 
From this territory have been carved the present towns of Northamp- 
ton, Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton, and parts of 
Mopigomery and Hatfield. 

/ The name of the Indian tribe from whom this rich territorv was 
purchased was "Nonotuck," variously pronounced Nealwatog,' Nor- 
wottage, and Norwottuck, meaning "In the midst of the river," and 
from this fact the name Nonotuck was given to the new settlement. 
But within eight months of the time of settlement the name North- 
ampton was in more or less common use, and for a number of vears 
thereafter the two names were used interchangeably, and in some of 
the early public documents reference was made to Nonotuck in one 
part and to Northampton in another. 

There were two reasons for the use of this new name. One was 
that some of the settlers, while still in the land of King Charles, had 
their homes in Northampton, England, and with a feeling that has a 
touch of pathos in it, as we look back upon it, wished to perpetuate 
the name that bore with it the associations of a home far over the 
seas. 

The other reason is found in the meaning of the name "Northern 
town," and as this was the northernmost town on the Connecticut 
river, the combination of sentiment with appropriateness of meaning 
gave us the name dear to later generations through its own inherent 
associations. 

Every head of a .family was given four acres of land within the 
village for a home lot, and fifteen acres of "river land," which we now 
call meadow land. For every additional male member of the family 
three acres were added to the original grant, and with the idea of at- 
tracting and holding settlers of substance, an additional grant of twenty 
acres of river land was made for every hundred pounds which a 
settler might possess. But one condition was attached : that there 
should be four years of actual occupancy before ownership becam.e 
complete. 

There is always an importance attached to first events of their 
kind in a new community, and so it is of interest to note that the first 
marriage in Northampton was that of Daniel Burt to Mary Holton, 
the young couple living on King street, where the old Allen place now 
stands; the first birth was that of Ebenezer Parsons, who lost his life 
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tavern was kept by John Webb, on the site of Spooner's market; the 
first street laid out was Pleasant street, which bore in turn the names 
of Bartlett street, Prison Lane and Comfort street; the first settler 
on King street was John King, for whom the street was named, and 
not for the king of England, as many suppose, for kings were not pop- 
ular w4th the Puritans in the days of Cromwell's power; the first court 
was held March 24, 1661, while the first meeting-house was built in 
1655, and the first schoolmaster, James Cornish, took office in 1663. 
History tells us that this same Cornish was a great offender in the line 
of profanity and was actually arrested and fined in court for the 
offence. 

As in every primitive New England village the church and its 
associations formed the center of all life, we are not surprised to learn 
that before the settlement had been in existence six months a contract 
for building a meeting-house was let, although no organized church 
existed. This building stood at the corner of Main and King streets 
then, on the spot later known as Meeting House Hill, and after be- 
ing used as a house of worship for six years gave way to a more elabo- 
rate structure and was itself used as a school-house. But though a 
meeting-house was built before the village was a year old, no definite 
church organization existed for nearly seven years after the settle- 
ment. But in April, 1661, a church organization was effected, and 
it is interesting to note among the founders, names with which we are 
familiar as borne by men whom we meet daily on our streets, many 
of them direct descendants of the fathers. Wright, Bridgman, Will- 
iams, Mather, Clark, Cook, Lyman, Parsons, Strong, Roote, these 
were among the stalwart men who laid the foundations of the old First 
church. 

No sketch of Northampton's history, however brief, would be 
just to itself or its subject if it failed to recognize the power and in- 
fluence of this church. At one time the most prominent and influ- 
ential church in all the colonies, if not in the whole Protestant world, 
with its long line of eminent pastors who have been leaders of thought 
and speech far beyond the natural limits of a provincial parish, the 
names of Mather, vStoddard, Edwards, Hooker, Williams, are insep- 
arably associated with the growth and prosperity of the grand old 
town which is our pride today. 

In these days of purely voluntary church attendance it is inter- 
esting to look back upon the old days, when every man, woman and 
child was compelled to attend the two church services of the Sabbath 
under penalty of fine; when the minister preached two sermons 
a day, each sermon from one to two hours long, the morning sermon 
called the Discussion, and the afternoon discourse known as the Ap- 
plication, being generally a further treatment of the morning's theme. 
No musical church bell called the worshippers to their accustomed 
places, Imt the long roll of the drtmi, or, in later years, the haish l')lare 



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of the trumpet, told the villagers that their Sabbath feast of intellect- } 
ual ])iety was spread. 

A description of any old-time church service will answer very well 
for our purpose, for all were much alike. The women seated on one 
side of the church, the men on the other; the minister in his high ])ulpit 
under the great sounding-board: no organ whose music should lift the 
soul heavenward, but, in the later days the viol, flute and cornet to 
lead the singing. But in the earliest days these accessories were deem- 
ed unseemly in the house of God, and no music but that of the human 
voice was heard, as the leader "deaconed" the hymns, reciting a line 
or two, ending invariably with the word "sing," at which the congre- 
gation would unite their voices in the lines read and wait for the next 
couplet, and so on through the eight, ten or twelve stanzas of the hymn. 
In Jonathan Edwards' day, however, the choral church music of North- 
ampton had attained an enviable reputation, and in the middle of 
the last century the chorus choirs of a hundred or a hundred and twen- 
ty-five voices, with organ, cornets, violins, flutes and double basses, 
must have given a volume of uplifting song that would make the efforts 
of our church quartets of today seem but a semblance of music as an 
element of worship which our grandfathers and great-grandfathers 
knew. 

Interesting and profitable as it would be to follow the progress 
of the town from year to year, or to study its development along spe- 
cial lines from their beginning to their present condition, lack of time 
forbids and we can touch upon only a few of the more prominent feat- 
ures of our history, that stand out with a little more distinctness than 
many others of almost, if not quite, equal importance. 

In 1656 Northampton was stirred to its depths by a witchcraft 
excitement, which, while it did not reach the stage of fanaticism which 
developed in vSalem thirty years later, was still ground for the bitter- 
est personal enmities. We may smile at the idea of being in league 
with the Evil One and l>y this alliance gaining power to inflict bodily 
and material harm upon others, but as we read the account of the 
trials for witchcraft which agitated the Connecticut valley, we are 
forced to believe that the dangers of the powers of darkness as per- 
sonified in the suspected women were very real to the Bridgmans and 
Parsonses and Hannums who were the accusers or accused. 

The traditions of the Connecticut valley are so full of Indian lore 
that we scarcelv need to be reminded that the redskins, after the first 
period of peaceful settlement had passed, were a continual source 
of torment to the settlers and their children. With the Nonotucks, 
the Pocumtucks, the Agawams, the Waronoaks, the Scjuakeags, the 
Nipmucks, the Narragansetts and an occasional band of Mohawks 
wandering about the countrv, ever on the alert for scalps and plunder, 
we mav easilv imagine that a feeling of absolute securitv from the 



184 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

redskins was not generally indulged. Nor would the occasional mur- 
ders of men who had w^andered a Httle distance from their homes in 
South street, or the slaying of men cutting wood in Paradise, tend to 
allav their fears. 

In the Indian war. commonly known as King PhiHp's war. North- 
ampton played a prominent part. Although, contrary to the impres- 
sion of many, no Northampton, men lost their hves in the Bloody 
Brook massacre, her sons rendered vaUant service in the later defence 
of Deerfield, Northfield, Hatfield, Turners Falls, and in nearly all the 
more important battles with the Indians, and against the name of 
many a promising Northampton youth is to be found the inscription, 
"Killed by Indians at Pasciuamscot," or "Pascommuck," or "Capawon." 

So great was the danger to the village thought to be that in No- 
vember, 1675, martial law was declared and a palisade erected, be- 
ginning at Bridge street above the cemetery, extending down Pom- 
erov Terrace to Mill River, thence along the north bank of the river 
to the spot where we are now seated, then to Plymouth Inn, across 
Elm and State streets to Park street, from there to King street, near 
the French Catholic church, and back to the starting point. Every 
able-bodied man was compelled to work at its construction under 
penalty of a fine of five shiUings for each day he absented himself 
from the work. The old church and school-house was used as a guard- 
house. 

On March 14, 1676, occurred the only serious and organized 
attack on the town. Some five hundred or six hundred Indians, pos- 
sibly under command of Philip himself, attacked the palisade at three 
points, the first on the east side of Round Hill, the second at King 
street, the third and main point of attack being at the lower end of 
Pleasant street. At this point the palisade was broken through and 
in the fight which followed four men and one girl were killed and six 
men wounded. The death of Philip in 1676 put an end to the war. 

In King William's war Northampton played no important part, 
and in Queen Anne's war the Indians in unorganized bands were the 
main source of trouble. In this connection the Rev. Solomon Stod- 
dard suggested that dogs be trained to run down the Indians, on the 
ground that they were no better than wolves, and deserved no better 
treatment — surely a strange suggestion to come from a minister 
of the gospel. It "was in this w^ar that Caleb Lyman, a native of North- 
ampton and one of the greatest scouts in all colonial history, by his 
shrewdness and energy thwarted a plan for the capture of the valley 
towns by the combined French and Indian forces. 

In the next French and Indian war, known as King George's 
war, while there was no actual fighting in this and neighboring settle- 
ments, the town was fortified. Of greater interest is the fact that the 
Northampton company did yeoman service in Sir William Pepper- 
ell's historic capture of Louisburg at Cape Breton, under command 



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of Col. Seth Pomeroy, with Joseph Hawley as regimental chaplain. 
In a letter to his wife Col. Pomeroy stated that the Northampton 
company saw the hardest service and suffered the greatest exj)OSure 
of anv company in the command. 

Again in the French and Indian war of 1754-1763, Pomerov and 
Hawley rendered distinguished service, the latter having laid aside the 
chaplain's Bible for the soldier's sword, and Northamjjton furnished 
two hundred and seventeen soldiers in this war. 

When we bear in mind the fact that in 1776 the population of 
the town was onlv eighteen hundred souls, men, women and children, 
we may form some idea of the willingness of Northampton's sons to 
fight the battles of the mother country and her sister settlements. 

The effects of the troublous times in Boston over the passage of 
the Stamp Act in 1765 were not unfelt in the quiet Connecticut val- 
lev. Our own Major Joseph Hawley dared to stand up boldly in the 
asseml)lv of the General Court and declare "The Parliament of Great 
Britain has no right to legislate for us," and the same intrepid 
patriot introduced a resolution condemning the right which the king 
claimed of appointing officers and fixing their compensation. James 
Otis, himself a leader in the agitation against British power and ag- 
gression, declares that Joseph Hawley was one of the bravest, truest 
patriots that he had ever known. 

But enthusiastic as Hawley was, his fellow townsmen did not 
so readilv imbibe the anti-British enthusiasm. Northampton was 
slow to respond to the calls for Committees of Safety and Correspond- 
ence, even after the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party; so slow 
as to call down upon herself the charge of lukewarmness in her atti- 
tude, if not even disaffection toward the interests of her fellow set- 
tlements and the colonies at large; but in 1774 a Committee of Cor- 
respondence, consisting of Joseph Hawley, Seth Pomeroy, John Ly- 
man and Jacob Parsons, was chosen. 

The conservative old town had at last awakened, and, as is so 
often true, the temper that was not easily stirred burned with the 
greater fierceness when once aroused. 

Hawlev and Pomeroy were sent as representatives to the first 
and second' Provincial Congresses of 1774 and 1775, and Hawley and 
Lvman to the third, in 1775. A company of one hundred minute- 
men was organized with Jonathan Allen as captain ; the selectmen 
bought three hundred and forty-five pounds of powder, a large amount 
for those davs, se^•en hundred and twenty ])ounds of lead, to be made 
into continental bullets, and a thousand gunflints — all to be used in 
resisting England's attempts to trample down the growing spirit of 
independence in her American colonies. 

And all this jireparation was none too soon. At eleven o'clock 
on the 2ist day of April, 1775, a horseman galloped up the village 
street with the news from Lexington and Concord. The church bell 



186 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



was furiously rung as a signal for the assembling of the minute-men : 
the ploughman left his blade in the furrow, the artisan his tools at the 
bench, stopping only to seize his powder horn and musket, and all 
ran to the green in front of the old church, where militant Christianity 
as well as the Gospel of Peace had been preached. The men, forming 
in line, the Rev. John Hooker asked the divine blessing on the right- 
eous cause for which they were ready to lay down their lives. Col. 
Seth Pomeroy made a brief address — need we say that it was fervid 
and patriotic ' — and at three o'clock the little company was on the 
march. That night thev camped at Belchertown ; the next the tired 
men spread their blankets on the green at Brookfield ; the night after 
Shrewsbury was reached, and as the sun sank out of [sight that 
24th of April Northampton's faithful band of minute-men marched 
into Concord Scpare and Capt. Allen reported himself and men ready 
for duty. 

Although the Northampton company was m the vicinity of Boston, 
Gen. Pomeroy was the only Northampton man in the fight at Bunker 
Hill, but the honor of the town was nobly upheld by its one repre- 
sentative. The company performed with credit its part in the seige 
of Boston. In Benedict Arnold's ill-fated attack on Quebec, on the 
last day of the year 1775. nine Northampton men were actively en- 
gaged. 

To follow the course of the men from this town throughout the 
Revolution would involve a more or less complete history of the en- 
tire war, but these instances, quoted from the records of the early days 
of the conflict, show the spirit which animated the young men who 
answered the call to a patriot's duty. 

But in praising the deeds of arms we must not forget the quiet 
but no less effective efforts of those who remained in the seclusion 
of their homes; old men, too infirm to bear the rigors of a campaign; 
the women, who gladly gave the very blankets from their beds when 
the call came for more protection for the soldiers in the field, and 
even the girls who knit the socks that were to be sent to the camps, 
and the boys who cast the bullets for their fathers and older brothers 
to use in battle, felt that they were having a part in the great struggle 
for Independence, and who will cjuestion their right to the claim ? 

The records show that Northampton furnished to the war of the 
Revolution three hundred and twenty-seven men, no less than one 
soldier for every five inhabitants. Truly a noble record ! 

There is but one thing lacking to make our pride in the part which 
the town plaved in the Revolution complete, and that is the fact that 
when the news of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence 
came there did not seem to be any realizing sense of its full meaning, 
and while all the towns about held mass meetings for the ratification 
of this momentous step, Northampton failed to |)ut herself on record 



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by any vote or resolution. Bvit the activity of her sons and daugh- 
ters in the actual struggle may well atone for any apparent lack of 
interest in and sympathy with an act framed hundreds of miles awav, 
'whose importance they were unable fully to understand. 

At the close of the war a half-dozen years of tmrcst throughout 
the country ensvied, years which the historian, John Fiske, has well 
called "The Critical Period of American Historv." The war debt 
averaged two hundred dollars for every householder in the countrv, 
and the average family saw scarcely fifty dollars in actual mone\- 
throughout the whole year. 
,/ New England, and the Connecticut valley in particular, were in 
^an especially deplorable condition from this state of aiTairs, and when 
a further tax was laid by the state legislature to supplement the funds 
of Congress and the courts began to impose sentence for non-pavment 
of taxes, we can hardly wonder that an insurrection — the affair known 
in history as Shays' Rebellion — broke out. 

Court was appointed to convene in Northampton the last Tues- 
day in August, 1786. Foreseeing further jjiosecutions and convic- 
tions, for non-jjayment of taxes, fifteen hundred of the followers of 
Shays, armed with muskets, swords and clubs, gathered around the 
court-house, determined that it "should not" meet, and so vigorous 
was the demonstration that the court was actuallv unable to sit, and 
popular opinion was so strongly with the insurrectionists that it was 
some little time Ijcfore the court was again held regularlv in North- 
ampton. It must not be supposed that all these fifteen hundred 
men belonged in the town, for the entire population was but little 
larger than the mob. Manv overburdened taxpavers had flocked to 
the county seat from Hatfield and Pelham, from Hadle}' and Prescott, 
from Plainfield and Amherst, all roused to the point of violent demon- 
stration by wdiat they felt to be the injustice of the government, ready 
to wreak vengeance on the visible representatives of governmental 
power, the courts. 

After this first outbreak, however, Northampton took no active 
part in the rebellion other than to give welcome and shelter to about 
two hundred and fifty of vShays' men on their way back to Amherst 
and Pelham after their disastrous conflict with the state militia under 
General Shepard at the Springfield Armory. It is interesting, though 
not strictly relevant to local history, to know that fourteen of the 
leaders, who were, in the letter and s|jirit of the law, guilty of treason 
against the state, and had been condemned to death, were reprieved 
by Gov. James Bowdoin and pardoned by his successor. Gov. John 
Hancock, though Samuel Adains, then president of the state senate, N 
sturdilv opposed the action of the Governor in thus using the ])ar- ) 
doning power. 

Our rapid review of the historv of the town has covered a full 
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up before us; that century which one writer says saw more advance- 
ment in human arts and culture than all the four thousand years that 
had preceded it. The task of tracing the growth and progress which 
that century has brought to Northampton is greater than your pa- 
tience would bear today, but the story is written all about us, in gran- 
ite and enduring masonry, in the evidences of commercial industrv, 
and philanthropic enterprise. All these tell of progress more clearly 
than any spoken words could do, and emphasize to our minds more 
forcibly than the most skilfully worded narrative the story of growth 
and advancement from the country village with a population of twen- 
ty-two hundred souls, which the opening centurv beheld, to the thriv- 
ing city with ten times twenty-two hundred loyal citizens in these 
early days of the twentieth century. 

Northampton has ever been the home of men eminent in the 
church, the college, the state and the nation. Stoddard, Edwards, 
Hawley and Pomeroy have already been mentioned as sons in whose 
fame a community might well rest content; but each generation has 
sent out its sons to take up with honor and distinction the work w^hich 
the fathers have left. Among them may be mentioned Thomas Allen, 
the "Fighting Parson"; Timothy Dwight, divine, poet and author; 
Caleb Strong, for eleven years Governor of Massachusetts, one of the 
purest men who ever occupied the gubernatorial chair, whose worth 
was attested by the fact that his term of office was the longest of any 
man who has ever occupied that exalted station; Isaac C. Bates, United 
States Senator, a colleague of Daniel Webster and an orator unsur- 
passed in Western Massachusetts; Elijah H. Mills, United States Sena- 
tor and a lawyer without a superior in the Commonwealth; Eli P. Ash- 
mun, another member of the United States Senate; his son, George 
Ashmun, for three terms representative in Congress, and chairman of 
the Republican Convention of i860 which nominated Abraham Lin- 
coln for the Presidency; William D. Whitney, Professor of Sanskrit 
and Modern Languages in Yale University, perhaps the greatest lin- 
guist and philologist of modern times; Erastus Hopkins, clergyman, 
scholar and orator; Charles E. Forbes, whose magnificent gift to the 
city is a daily inspiration to higher thought and nobler life; all these 
and many more whose names and deeds are but little less widely known, 
have spread Northampton's name from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 
and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. 

Truly, the fathers have bequeathed to us a historv of which any 
city in the land might well be proud. Truly, our jubilation today 
is not based merely on the lapse of uneventful years. 

Truly, the influence of this grand old town will be felt in the fu- 
ture generations and ages, as it has been in the two centuries and a 
half just closing, and in the years to come may it be said, as in the 
days now past, "Her children arise up and call her blessed." 



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MR. Campion said that he was addressing the children and the 
future citizens of Northampton. It had occurred to him 
that thcv would like to obtain some idea of Northampton 
in Old England. As m this Celebration there is much dealing with 
history, he would mention some things connected with the history of 
his older city, for it was very old. Where here we considered a building 
very old if it can number 250 years, in Northampton, England, there 
are buildings nine hundred years old, dating back to the time almost 
when William the Conqueror conquereil England and made Northamp- 
ton a family possession. 

From this point Mr. Campion went on with an interesting narra- 
tion of the building of the first Norman church and castle in Old North- 
ampton, the history of which was connected wdth the life of that re- 
markable figure m history, Bishop Thomas a Becket. These buildings 



190 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

are still standing, as also a beautiful structure known as Queen Eleanor's 
Cross, now 500 years old, of which Mr. Campion told a curious 
story of betrayal and devotion. The ancient town was nearly 
destroyed by fire, in 1675, and only two domestic buildings exist to- 
day that were built before the fire, and these are related, in a measure, 
to the religious and political traditions upon which this Northampton 
in New England was founded. 

One house was erected bv a Welshman, and the motto is still to 
be seen, "Without God, without everything." The other is known 
as Cromwell House, and tradition says Cromwell slept in it the night 
before the battle of Naseby — June 14, 1645 — nine years before your 
city was founded. For the town was with the parliament, and rejoiced 
when Charles the First's power w^as shattered on Naseby field, which 
is onlv about fourteen miles from Northampton. 

Mr. Campion concluded as follows' 

It would be easy to occupy a long time by telling you about the 
history of the old town, from which your city was named. But it 
would all go to show that Northampton's citizens in the seventeenth 
century were remarkable for their simple faith and stern devotion 
to duty — that they were men, men with strong convictions and un- 
bendable backbone, and that their womenfolk were of the same heroic 
mould as themselves. It was of such stuff that the early settlers 
were made, whom the old country sent over to form your settlements 
here — to create a new Northampton in Massachusetts. 

Shall I tell you one thing that makes it especially interesting to 
me to be here at this Celebration, and to have the opportunity of say- 
ing a few words to you? An ancestor of George Washington held 
the office of Mayor of Northampton twice in the sixteenth century, 
and another ancestor of his lies in a quiet grave in a parish church 
within half a dozen miles of Northampton. On that giave is a me- 
morial brass bearing the Washington coat of arms ; and on that coat 
of arms are the stars and' the bars, which gave you "The Stars and 
Stripes" — your national flag. 

Yours is a beautiful city, a diamond of the first water, set in a 
landscape of exquisite beauty. Your lines have fallen in pleasant 
places, you have a goodly heritage. You have a noble ancestry — 
men and women from whom it is your proud privilege to have de- 
scended. Young men and maidens, great principles are yours, glo- 
rious traditions — see that you hand these inestimable blessings un- 
impaired to those who may come after you. You owe it to those who 
went before you, to the men and women who, by their struggles, their 
sufferings, their triumphs, made possible the blessings you now enjoy. 
You owe it to those who come after you that the priceless heritage 



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191 



of your rights and liberties shall in nowise be lessened or its lustre 
dimmed by anything you may do or say. Most of the men who came 
to make this new world for civil and religious liljerty were not great 
men, as the world counts greatness; although they were triily great 
m all those qualities which are the marks of real excellence. But 
they made the world l)etter for those who were to come. An old shoe- 
maker named Timothy Bennett — we are great boot and shoemakers 
in Old Northampton — lived near London in the eighteenth century. 
A path through a Royal Park — Bushey Park — made the connection 
between two villages short and convenient for the inhabitants, of whom 
Timothy was one. A noble lord who was ranger of the park tried 
to close the path and so compel the people of one village to go a long 
wav round to get to the other village. Timothv said it should not 
be done if he could help it. He had saved a little money, and he used 
it all to fight the great lord in the English Law Courts. He won. When 
asked why he, a poor shoemaker, troubled to fight this c^uestion — 
how he dared to contest it with a great lord — he modestly replied, 
he had always had a desire to leave the world better than he found 
it. Now if the same spirit, strengthened by the remembrance of the 
fidelity and deeds of a noble ancestry, only actuate you, this beauti- 
ful city of yours and its people mav look forward to a future still more 
glorious than its past. 




THE BALL G A M E 3^ M O N D A T A ET ERNOON 

WHATEVER the future of tlie great American game of base- 
ball may be, it would l)e unfair to lovers of the game in 
this generation and make an im])erfeet history of the Cele- 
bration, not to include some mention of the game ])rovided Ijv the 
Committee on S])orts and Games, and played on the driving park 
Monday afternoon. 

Under the management of George P. O'Donnell and William M. 
Kiely, Northampton was boasting in the Quarter-Millennial year of 
her history of aljout the best baseball team she had ever placed in 
the field. \x could have been excelled only by the famous old "Eagle" 
baseball nine of Florence, some twenty-five years before, but the 
" Eagles" were composed wholly of home-bred men and the Northamp- 
ton nine of 1904 was made up, as was the custom of the time, of care- 
ixxWy chosen and paid men, found in different parts of the country. 

The game played Monday was between the home nine and the 
Springfield league team, and it was fondly hoped by the home "rooters" 
that Springfield would be beaten again, as she once had been a few 
days before, by the home team. I3ut the Quarter-Millennial Celebra- 
tion was not destined to have this victorv added to its otherwise com- 
plete record of triumphs. The game was free, and it was estimated 
that three thousand people witnessed the struggle. It was probably 
the biggest crowd that ever saw a baseball game in Northami^ton. 
Not only was the grand-stand filled, but around behind the fielders 
there was an unbroken line of spectators. To describe the game in 
detail would be onlv to repeat a mass of technical ])hrases which 
might or might not be interesting to future generations who read this 
history of a celebration. It is probably sufficient to say that the Spring- 
field team came to Northampton determined to win, and for this pur- 
pose secured "Jack" Hess, the best pitcher in the Connecticut league; 
so that when the game closed, with a score of 3 to o, the wonder was 
not that Springfield secured three runs, or that Northampton did not 
score at all, but that the visitors did not rtm up their score to the twen- 
ties or thirties. But the Northampton nine had at least the satisfac- 
tion of keeping the Springfielders' ambitions within reasonable limits. 
As a matter of record, the score is herewith appended: 



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Zbc Score 



Springfield 
ab b 



Connor, 3b 3 

Connors, 2b 3 

Flanagan, If 5 

Hemming, ib . . . . 4 

Hale, rf 3 

O'Connor, cf .... 4 

Hannifin, ss 4 

Cassidy, cf 3 

Hess, p 4 



Total 



po 
o 
3 
3 
8 



Northampton 
ab b 



Murphy, 3b 4 

Daly, cf 4 

Cainpbell, ss 4 

Crook, lb 4 

Roe, c 3 

O'Brien, rf 3 

Sturcjis, 2b 3 

Field, If 3 

Kane, p 4 



po 

3 

4 
o 

13 

5 



Total 



■33 8 27 8 I iULcxi j. 

Springfield — 2 o o o i c o o o — 3. 



27 15 



Runs — Flanagan, Hemming, Connor. Total bases — Springfield, 10; North- 
ampton, 4. Sacrifice hits — Connors, 2. Stolen base — Connor. Two-base hits — 
Hemming, Hess, Daly. First base on balls — Connor, Kane, Connors 2, Hale. 
Left on bases— Springfield, 8; Northampton, 4. Struck out by Hess— Camp- 
bell, Crook, O'Brien, Daly, Roe, Sturgis, Kane; by Kane — O'Connor, Hannifin 
2, Hale, Flanagan. Batter hit by Kane — Cassidy. Double play — Crook and 
Kane. Time — One hour, twenty 'minutes. Umpire — Reardon. 




B 



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BAND concerts were given Monday afternoon and evening by 
the Northampton Band, Albert N. Baldwin, leader, at Bridge- 
street park. This local organization, effectively organized, gave 
excellent satisfaction and played with a good degree of artistic finish 
these programs, which were heard by thousands of people: 



Concert at 2.30 p. m. 

1. March: "Old Friends," 

2. Overture: " Bohemian Girl," 

3. Waltz: " Blue r)anul)e," 

4. Selection": " Down im the Farm," 

5. Two Hungarian Dances, 

6. Serenade: "Just for Tonight," 

7. Two Step: "Bedelia," 



IF. H. T ho mas 

Balfe 

Strauss 

\\>n Tiber 

Hraliuis 

FrciicJi 

Arr. bv O. E. Siilloii 



Concert at S p. m. 

March: "Vashti," 
Overture : " Raymond," 
Mazurka: " Russi La Czarini," 
Ballet Music: "Opera Naila," 
Serenade: " Cupid's Charms," 
Character Sketch: "A Bit of Essence," 
Two Step: " Championsliip," 



Fillmore 

A . Thomas 

Ganiie 

De Liebes 

Miller 

Rollinsoii 

Morse 



The band also participated in the jiarade Tuesday and provided 
music for the banquet Tuesday afternoon and the display of fireworks 
at the driving park in the evening. 




POEMS CONTRIBUTED 

TWO poems were received by the Celebration authorities and 
will be found following. 
The first poem was contributed by Charles M. Shepherd, 
who, writing from Hebron, Neb., and acknowledging the invitation 
to attend the Celebration, said that he was a great-grandson of Dr. 
Levi Shepherd and Mary Pomeroy Shepherd. Mr. Shepherd him- 
self is an author and lecturer of considerable renown, whose services 
are much in request through the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, and his 
letter and poem were referred by the Invitations Committee to the 
Executive Committee, who voted to accept the poem and turn it over 
to the press. 

Z\)c ipsalm of ©ur jfatbers 

The earth has had its singer. 

To chant its joy and its pain. 
But brave New England's Psalter 

Bore the world on its refrain. 

Sometimes we hear at evening 

The song that our fathers sang. 
Long shores of inem'ry streaining. 

As clear as it ever rang. 

Out of the forest splendor, 

Like the sound of a rifle shot. 
In cradle music most tender. 

Comes the chord well-nigh forgot. 

They sang o'er age long bondage, 

The requiem of its death. 
Then gave triumphant homage 

To God, in re\'erent breath. 

The organ reeds of ocean 

Caught the anthem Freedom gave. 
Bearing that hour's devotion 

To every shore with a slave. 

Heard in the falling timber 

And the axetnan's mighty stroke, 
Heard by the steadied timber 

Where the battle cannon spoke. 

Heard where the toiling fisher 

Spun out the length of his net. 
Heard where the navy's sailor 

His glorious banner set. 



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TIk' world had never listened 

To a fmvr note than theirs, 
Who reared, though trial chastened 

That altar free for their prayers. 

Then up through twilight shadows, 
Fragrant from old-tfme flowers. 

The breeze from wood and meadows 
Bore the note of fairer hours. 

Down from the great log shelter, 

When the latch-string outward swung 

Out^from the humming spinner. 
When the hearthside music rung. 

Then by the lowly cradle. 

From the noble walnut hewn, 

From round the laden table. 
On Thanksgiving afternoon, 

Voices that bore life's story, 
As the passing seasons grew, 

To sing in fireplace glory," 
The homeland music true. 

Five times in battle ardor 

Rang war's jubilant refrain. 
And five times halter charger 

Proud, was homeward turned again. 

The psalms yon heroes uttered 
Were spoken for sons unborn, 

Brave sons that ne\-er faltered 

When their colors fair were worn. 

God grant that we, descendants 

Of the nation's royal stock. 
May ever stand defendants 

Of right in the battle shock. 

Teach us, O Lord, the measure 
That shall cheer a struggling race; 

May we find truth the treasure 

That shall round our years with grace. 

Then sometime, like a leaven. 

Midst the great Repviblic's years. 

Our sons shall hear love's paea'n 
Quickening a world with cheers. 

Filled with a mightv vearning 

To work Immanuel's will. 
Their lips with message burning 

In new Pentecosts shall thrill. 



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The following sonnet, written by Frances Stoddard Murray of 
Cardross, Scotland, came to the Executive Comraittee and was given 
to the press. Mrs. Murrav is the oldest daughter of Arthur Stoddard 
and granddaughter of the late Solomon Stoddard, for so many years 
clerk of the Hampshire courts, and who died in i860. The poem was 
received Saturday, upon the eve of the Celebration. 

Sonnet to IRortbampton 



Northampton! fair thy hills, thy valley sweet, 
And dear are thy elin-shaded paths to me, 
Who fain would at thy bidding cross the sea, 
My kindred and thy soil once more to greet. 
And might I go once more to them and thee. 
How gladly wovild I haste my willing feet 
To pass the pleasant June in joyance free. 

Take greeting from me now, my Father's town ! 

My spirit is with you on this high day. 

To wish that you may grow in strength alway, 

In stately beauty, and in fair renown, 

With learning of the academic gown. 

Thus, though I may not leave my Scottish home. 

My sympathy and love shall cross the ocean foam. 




CON C E RT B r 
V C A L C L U B 


THE NOR r HAMPTON 

3^ M N D A r EVE N 1 N G 




THE Northampton Vocal dub, wliicli had sucli an imi)ortant 
part in the musical service of the Celel)rati(Mi, lias achieved 
fame as one of the best male chorus organizations in the 
country, ranking with the leading choruses in the larger centers, and, 
lest this may seem careless praise, the statement here deserves record, 

that more than one well -qualified musical 
critic, from Boston and New York, present 
at the Service of .Song and the concert, 
expressed themselves suri)rised at the musi- 
cal showing made here. They said they were 
^ "' looking for an exhibition of country music, 

^^^^^^ but found a musical organization ecjual to 

^^^^Bl -. -J the best in the large cities. But so it has 
long been with Northampton, as every one 
well versed in its historv knows. The club 
was organized in Februarv, 1896, by the 
leading singers of the town, and under the 
direction of Ralj^h L. Baldwin accomplished 
the most finished artistic product, and in- 
stantly sprang into high favor among the 
music lovers of the city. For eight seasons 
it had given two concerts a season, which attracted much attention and 
gave the club an extended reputation. The foot-note on the 250th 
Anniversary Program gives an idea of the scope of the work of the 
club.* 

When plans for the 250th Anniversary were being made, the Vo- 
cal Club voted to offer its services to the committee, and arrangements 
were made for a concert by this organization, to precede the recep- 
tion to be extended to the Governor of the Commonwealth. This con- 
cert, which was given in the pavilion Monday evening, proved to be one 
of the most po|)ular features of the Celebration. Unicjue in the annals 
of anniversary observances, the concert was a most gracious offering 
of the choicest musical art of the citv. 




R A L r H L . Baldwin 



* " During the eight sea.sons of its existence, the chib has given seventeen concerts, including 
the one at Northamnton, and three in other places. The compositions given number 110, repre.sent- 
ing 69 comiiosers. The club has been assisted by 34 vocal soloists, by orchestra four times, and by 
string quartets twice." 



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The ])avilion Ijegan U^ attract the j-ccpli. in antic'ipation of the 
event, early in the evenin.^^ The weather concHtions were more fa- 
vorable than for the Sunday evenint,^ service, the atmosphere being 
clearer and the heat less oppressive. Within the i)avilion seats were 
reserved on the stage for the Governor and his ])artv and other 
seats m front of the stage were reserved for the invited guests of the 
city. The scene was one long to be remembered. At eight o'clock 
the pavilion was crowded to its utmost capacity, many being unable 
to find ])laces within the enclosure. The club, numbering fifty men, 
occupied seats on the raised platform, m the center of the stage, with 
the Boston Festival Orchestra of thirteen men and the pianist, Mrs. 
Albert E. Brown, immediately in front. The entrance of Governor 
and Mrs. Bates, the Governor's staff and council, was impressive. As 
the party entered and were escorted to their seats, the orchestra played 
"Hail to the Chief"; the audience promptly arose and remained stand- 
ing until the Governor was seated. The director of the concert, Ralph 
L. Baldwin, appeared and the opening number on the program was 
at once taken up. 

The work of the clul) was equal to its highest standard of artis- 
tic effect. In the heavier concerted numbers the result with the male 
voices and the orchestra was thrilling. The lighter numbers suft'ered 
somewhat on account of the poor acoustic properties of the oi)en pa- 
vilion. The club was given an enthusiastic reception and the api)lause 
was especially noticeable at the close of Mr. Baldwin's composition, 
"The Hymn Before Action," which the club sang with inspiring effect. 
The orchestral numbers were rendered with artistic finish and the 
solo by Albert E. Brown was a highly creditable performance of the 
beautiful bass aria from the oratorio of "The Creation." In response 
to the encore he gave a spirited rendering of Schumann's "Two Gren- 
adiers." The program was as follows: 

IPart One 

1. "At Sea," Chorus of Sailors, Ditdlcv Buck 

P>om Lont^fellon-'s "Golden Legend." 

THE CLUB WITH OKrHESTR.\ 

2. Overtcre: "RuyBlas," Felix Mciniclssolm Barllu'dy 

THE ORCHESTR.'V 



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3. "It was a Lover and his Lass," 

Shakespeare's "As You Like It." 

Music by 5.~.4rc7u7- Gibson 

THE CLUB 

4. Aria; " Rolling in Foaming Billows," Franz Joseph Haydn 

From the Oratorio, "The Creation." 

MR. BROWN WITH ORCHESTRA 

5. "Hvmn before Action," 

Words by Riidyard Kipling Music by Ralph L. Baldwin 

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA 



Ipart Swo 

6. Waltz Soxg: " Wine, Woman and Song," 

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA 



7. Hungarian Dance, 



8. "The Lamp in the West," 



THE ORCHESTRA 



THE CLUB 



jfohann Strauss 

Johannes Brahms 

Horatio W. Parker 



(). "The Nun of Nidaros," 

Words by Longjelloiv Music by Daniel Pr other oe 

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA 



Following: is a list of the active members of the club : 



Baldwin, Ralph L. 
Babbitt, Lewis F. 
Barnett, Henry E. 
Bingham, William H. H. 
Brown, Albert E. 
Campbell, Gordon 
Chilson, Haynes H. 
Clark, Clifford M. 
Clark, Howard H. 
Connor, James 
Crosby, Frank P. 
Currier, Harold N. 
Currier, Edward A. 
Deady, Eugene F. 
DoERRiNG, Henry 
Dyer, Albert F. 
Eastwood, Harry P. 



Feiker, William H. 
Graves, Harry P. 
Graves, Herbert R. 
Graves, Thaddeus, Jr. 
Hanley, Thomas F. 
Harris, Raymond B. 
Haven, Edward A. 
Henne, Albert F. 
HiBBERT, James J. 
Hitchcock, John S. 
Howard, Edwin C. 
Kelley, Herbert T. 
Lee, Samuel W. 
Locke,< Owen 
Martin, Daniel A. 
Maynard, M. Dewey 
Meekins, Edward M. 



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Nash, J. Walter 
Nash, Warm: K II. 
Noble, W^illiam 
Porter, Leo II. 

PURRINGTON, EdWARU C. 

Purrixgton, Lerov F. 
Prince, Johx 
Readio, Charles H. 
Readio, Frank M. 
RiLEV, Herbert E. 
Roberts, Frank W. 
Sauter, Charles L. 



Starkweather, Frederick M. 
Starkweather, Roderick M. 
Steele, Roy W. 
Stron(;, joiix L. 
Stevens. Ci.avtox P. 
Strattox, Edwin V. 
Tetro, Walter F. 
Whitbeck, Arthcr B. 
Wellman, L. Lek 
Williams, Henry L. 
WiLLisTON, Robert L. 

WiTHERELL, JOHN C. 



Executive Committee 

Henry L. Williams, I'rcsiJcul 

Haynes H. Chilsox, \'!c<--rrcsiilciil 
Edwin C. Howard. Sctrclary 

William H. Feiker, Ircasiircr 

Leo H. Porter, Librarian 
Samuel W. Lee 

Harry P. Eastwood 



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At the conclusion of ihe concert announcement was made that 
the rece]:'tion to the Governor would immediately follow, and almost 
the entire assembly remained to avail themselves of the opportunity 
to pav their respects to the head of the Commonwealth. 

Governor Bates stood at the head of the receiving line, with Mrs. 
Bates on his left. Opposite them were Mayor Hallett and Mrs. Hal- 
lett, and others in the line were the Cxovernor's staff officers, Samuel 
S. Campion of England, Councilor and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin, Prof. 
Henry M. Tyler, Charles N. Clark, George Wright Clark, Charles A. 
Clark, Alexander L. Dragon, Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, and 
Major Frederick E. Pierce of Greenfield. Councilor Irwin was mas- 
ter of ceremonies, and for over an hour the people filed to the front 
of the platform and exchanged handshakes with the notabilities. 

This same evening was illumination evening, and Main street 
was most brilliant with light, the merchants adding to the general 
brilliancy by lighting their stores, and many private citizens their 
residences. The display lasted until midnight. 




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AIR Meadow City ! Robed about in wide 
And fertile prairie — for thy garment's hem 

Shining Connecticut weaves round his sinuous tide. 

And bathes thy beauteous feet. Thy diadem 

With Labor's and with Learning's every gem 

Is set, on hill and plain and busy stream ; 

\^'here'er thy children toil thou cheerest them 

With soft or sturdy nurture. Limner's dream 

Scarce paints to match thee, as thy varied bounties teem. 



In love and duty we, thy servants, bring 

For joyful celebration of th\- praise. 
And of our loyal past this offering, 

A picture of thy recent glorious days ; 

Thv portrait and our memorial we raise. 
Proud of thy past, and of thy future sure — 

Each storied page the passing time displays ; 
Thy budding greatness shall in blossom lure 
Our pen, if life to us a stadium shall endure 

Dr. Austin W 



Thompson. 




THIRD DAY 



T U K S D A Y 



r HE PEOPLE'S DAT 3^ T HE PA R A D E 
PRINCIPAL EEATURE OF THE CELEBRATION 



DURING the night preceding the last day of the Celebration a 
heavy storm raged, rain fell in torrents, and it seemed as if 
all the powers of the universe were leagued against a successful 
close of the great event. But the weather predictions in the 
morning papers gave hope of a fair day, and by seven o'clock the rain 
practically ceased falling. Later the sun shone out at intervals, and 
the day, although cloudy, with a lit- 
tle shower after the parade, was 
admirably adapted to the successful 
culmination of all the closing events. 
While the storm of the night and 
the threatening clouds of the early 
morning doubtless caused manv peo- 
ple in other towns to stay at home 
this last day of the Celebration, the 
multitude which did appear taxed 
the capacity of the city's streets and 
transportation facilities nearly to the 
limit. Steam trains from all direc- 
tions arrived with many extra cars, 
crowded to the doors, and those who 
took the electric cars were fortunate 
to find a footing on them anywhere. 

The great spectacular event of 
the Celebration w^as now at hand, in 
in the long-worked-for and long- 
expected parade. The psychological 
moment of the Celebration had 
arrived. The Sunday services, the 

music, and the addresses of the previous day had drawn no such crowds. 
Those days had been pregnant with meaning to all thoughtful lovers 
of the old town ; Ijut the services of the Sunday hours and the exercises 
of Monday were, so to speak, the prelude of the great popular rejoicing 
which was vet to voice itself in further decoration and the most ins])iring 




S H E R I 1 1- J A I R U S E . C L .•^ R K 
Chief Marshal of Parade 




M \ U S H A L S () 1- -r H E P A K A D E 
Top row. left ,o ri.ht-C.PTM. RiCH.nn W. Iuw:x, Chief of St.fT; Shkh,.p Ja.hcs E. 
Clark, Chief; Colonel Henry L. Williams. 



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of pageantry and martial 
music. Now the people 
were prepared to show 
their joy in a spectacle of 
the greatest splendor that 
could be created with lim- 
ited time and means. And 
this popular love of the 
spectacular has its uses, 
even at such a time. 
Wlien victorious armies 
return to their homes, 
there is always the proud 
m a r c h i n g procession of 
thousands of human forms, 
exultant with glory, kee[)- 
ing step to jubilant bursts 
of music, and the success- 
ful culmination of all great 
events has alwavs been 
marked bv popular ac- 
claim, in one form or another, but most generally m the way described. 
So that Tuesday, the last day of the Celebration, may be called pecu- 
liarly the people's day. The popular love of pageantry, show, loud and 
joyous music, beautiful foims of decoration, and the martial tread of 
thousands of unifoimed men, was to be gratihed; and well the people 
responded to view the magnificent pageant prepared to voice both 
their civic pride and to entertain them. 

The enormous multitude gathered upon the leading streets of the 
city had plenty to see and hear before the parade began. As fast as 
the bands arrived they were detailed to escort certain organizations, 
and marchings and countcrmarchings, with the music, kept the air 
tremulous with sound for about two hours before the organized column 
of march was ready to start. Company H, of the Naval Brigade, from 
Springfield, came in early, and wheeled in front of the City Hall, with a 
true sea-dog gait, and the visiting companies of militia, with the home 
Company I, made a greater display of military force than Northampton 
has seen for generations, to the delight of youthful beholders and the 
admiration of all, esi)eciallv the ladies and children. 



Rich a r d 
Chief of Stal^' 



I K W I N 



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The crowds on Main street had increased almost to a blockade a half 
hoi:r before the procession appeared, and this notwithstanding every 
vantage point of view on all the residence streets along the line of march 
had been seized upon. Every window in the business blocks of Main 
street was occupied; the roofs, where available, were utilized, and the 
sidewalks were in most places so impassable that those determined 
upon moving from one place to another could only do so by rushing 
from the sidewalk into the street and dodging the various vehicles. 
Had it been a fairer day, with no threatening weather in the night's 
preceding hours, it would be difficult to say where the larger crowd 
which might then have appeared could have been bestowed. It was a 
multitude as it was, and, withal, an orderly, well-behaved one; good- 
natured and unselfish; every one seemed willing to give his neighbor as 
good an opportunity as himself to see what was going on, and mothers 
with small children were treated with much more forbearance than 
they would meet with in the larger cities u]jon similar occasions. 

The procession was advertised 
to start promptly at ten o'clock, 
and this time was not much over- 
past when the report of two guns, 
fired by the Naval Battalion, an- 
nounced to the whole city that th-^ 
order, " Forward March," had 
been given, and the line moved. 
To thousands of impatient chil- 
dren the few minutes waiting must 
have seemed like the "quarter of 
a millennium" they had read or 
heard so much about the previous 
weeks, before the music of the 
first band in the line of march 
was heard advancing, and Sheriff 
and Chief Marshal Clark appeared, 
with his accompanying troop of 
deputies on horseback. Then it 
was soon realized, bv citizens and 
visitors, that here was the biggest 

thing of the kind Northampton . c o l o n h l h e n r v i. 

and inanv other places had ever Marshal 




Will i.a m s 



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seen — a pageant which, for charm and l)cautv of conception and 
arrangement, and for intelhgent illustration and ty])ification of the 
city's past and present, could not have been bettered with the means 
and material furnished. The route of the procession was from its place 
of main formation, on Bridge street, to Main, up King to Summer 
street, from there to Crescent street, Henshaw avenue, up Elm to the 
watering-trough, thence countermarching through I^lm street to Main, 
down Hawley to Holyoke street, to Williams street and Pomeroy 
Terrace to Bridge street. The order of procession and description of 
the important features will be found following: 

ORDER OF P R O C E S S J O N 

Sixteen deputy sheriffs of Hampshire county: David H. Tillson of 
Amherst, Myron S. Barton of Belchertown, Lewis W. Pettingill of 
Cummington, Edward E. Janes of Easthampton, George S. Buck- 
ner of Easthampton, Josiah W. Flint of Enfield, Reuben Bell of 
Hadley, Edwarcl A. Allen of Huntington, Edwin T. Hervey of 
Northampton, Thomas A. Orcutt of Northampton, Martin L. 
Barnes of South Hadley, Frederick W. Brockway of South Hadley, 
Maurice Fitzgerald of Ware, Franklin J. Browning of Ware, 
Henry A. Bisbee of Williamsburg, Seth W. Kingsley of Hatfield — 
the entire force of deputies of Hampshire county. 

Jairus E. Clark of Northampton, chief marshal, and staff; Richard W. 
Irwin of Northampton, chief of staff. 

Staff: Homer C. Bliss of Florence, William A. Bailey of Northampton, 
Louis F. Plimpton of Florence, John T. Keating of Northampton, 
David T. Remington of Boston, Eastwood W. Thompson of North- 
ampton, Seth S. Warner of Northampton, John L. Mather of 
Northampton, Capt. Chester W. French of Northampton, James 
W. O'Brien of Northampton, Odell G. Webster of Easthampton, 
Arthur J. Lamontaigne of Northampton, Louis Dragon of North- 
ampton, James Lathrop of Northampton, in cow-boy costume. 

3fir6t division 

Marshal, Col. Henry L. Williams; aids, Charles R. Farr, Thomas J. 
Hammond, Malcolm D. Patteson. 

Second Regiment Band of Springfield, 27 pieces. Francis W. Sutherland 
leader ; William O'Brien, drum major. 

Third Battalion of the Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Mili- 
tia, Major Frederick E. Pierce of Greenfield. Ca})t. Edward E, 



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Sawtell of Springfield, aid. Co. I of Northampton, 60 men, Albert 
G. Beckmanii, c'a])tain: CMiarles S. Riley, 1st lieutenant. Co. M of 
Adams, 42 men, James A. Campbell,' eaptain ; William O'Brien, 
2d lieutenant. Co. L of Greenfield, 43 men, Lvman W. Griswold, 
captain; Hugh K. Adams, ist lieutenant; Herbert N. Kelly, 2d 
heutenant. Co. G of S])ringfield, 56 men, William C. Hayes, captain; 
Edward J. Leyden, i.st lieutenant; William Butement" 2d lieuten- 
ant. Co. H, Naval Brigade of Springfield, as artillery, with two 
guns, 53 men; Ensign James M. Ropes, chief of comi)any. 

The Williamsburg Drum Corps, twelve pieces; Arthur F. Graves, 
leader; George Kelly, drum major. 

W. L. Baker Post No. 86, G. A. R., of Northampton, 75 men, John 
P. Thomp.son, commander; Calvin B. Kingsley, junior vice-com- 
mander. 

Spanish War Veterans of Northampton, 40 men; James R. Gilfillan, 
captain. 

Governor John L. Bates, in a carriage drawn bv four horses; in the 
carriage with him, Mayor Henry C. Hallett, Adjutant-General 
Samuel Dalton; outriders in continental costumes, Charles H. 
Manson, Robert B. Weir, Robert H. Clapp, Frank L. Clapp. 

Carriage, with Governor's staff, General Otis H. Marion, Colonel Edward 
J. Gihon, Colonel John Perrins, Colonel Jenness K. Dexter. 

Carriage, with Judge Loranus E. Hitchcock of Chicopee. District-Attor- 
ney Dana Malone of Greenfield, Sheriff Embury P. Clark of 
Hampden county. Sheriff Isaac Chenery of Franklin county. 

Carriage, with Superintendent Jacob H. Carfrey of the Northamjjton 
public schools. Judge William G. Bassett, Principal Jo.seph H. 
Sawyer of Williston Seminary, Easthampton. 

Carriage, with Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose, Principal Clarence B. Roote of 
the Northampton high school. County Treasurer Edwin H. Banister. 

Carriage, with George Sheldon of Deerfield, historian and antiquarian, 
and Frederick N. Kneeland of Northampton. 

Carriage, with Chief Thomas C. Gleason of the fire department of the 
town of Ware, Chief George H. Byers of the fire department of 
the town of Westfield, Chief John E. Pomphret of the fire depart- 
ment of the citv of Chicopee. 

Carriage, with Mayor Arthur B. Cha])in of Holyoke, Aldermen John J. 
Kennedy and Moses Bassett of Northam])ton, Selectman George D. 
Storrs of Ware. 

Carriage, w'ith Alderman P^dward J. Jarvis of Northanijjton, Town 
Clerk Francis A. Loud of Wcsthampton, Selectman Lawrence 
Malloy of Williamsburg, Selectman Matthew J. Ryan of Hatfield. 



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Carriage, with Alderman Dennis J. Meehan of Northampton, Select- 
man A. Drurv Rice of Westhampton, Lucius E. Parsons of the 
Easthamjiton special committee, Selectman Francis S. Revnolds 
of Hadley. 

Carriage, with Representative Harry E. Graves of Hatfield, Watson H. 
Wright of the Easthampton special committee, Selectman Nelson 
Randall of Tkdchertown, Councilman Alexander W. Ewing of 
Northami.)ton. 

Carriage, with Selectman Albert 1. G. Quigley of Southampton, John N. 
Lyman of the Easthampton special committee. Selectman Samuel 
B. Dickinson of Granby, Councilman Clarence E. Hodgkins. 

Carriage, with Selectman Martin Norris, Town Clerk Frederick E. Judd, 
Moderator Homer O. Strong, of Southampton, and Councilman 
Arthur C. Herrick. 

Carriage, with Councilmen Alfred J. Preece, Roderick M. Starkweather, 
Michael W. Meehan and Abbot L. Gloyd. 

Carriage, with Councilmen S. William Clark, Edgar J. Hebert, Charles 
S. Beals, George H. Drury. 

Carriage, with Councilmen Homer O. Adams, James H. O'Dea and 
Stephen M. Keough. 

Carriage, with Alderman Lewis F. Babbitt, Common Council Clerk Wil- 
ham E. Shannon and Councilman Harry- A. Stowell. 

Carriage, with George W. Harlow, Luther C. Wright, Selectman John 
E. Lyman of South Hadley and Selectman Edwin B. Clapp of 
Westhampton. 

Carriage, with James W. Heffernan, Edward E. Wood, Councilman 
Thomas J. Burke of Springfield, and Robert W. Lyman, Register 
of Deeds. 

Carriage, with City Clerk Egbert L Clajip, City Marshal George M. 
Stebbins of Springfield, and Sidney B. Curtis of Hartford, Conn. 

Carriage, with Selectmen Jairus F. Burt and John Cullen and Town 
Clerk and Town Treasurer Joseph W. Wilson of Easthampton. 

Carriage, with Councilman William H. Carson, Tax Collector Thomas F. 
MeCabe of Holyoke, City Messenger William J. Walsh of Holvoke, 
Alderman J. Henry Sullivan of Holyoke. 

Carriage, in which were seated Drusilla Hall Johnson, the oldest lady in 
Northampton; her daughter. Miss Sarah M. H. Johnson, John C. 
Hammond of Northampton and Miss Marv Johnson of Spring- 
field. 

Fitchburg Band, thirty pieces. 



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Carriage 



Sixteen private vehicles, decorated with paper flowers, in the fol- 
lowing order: 

Dr. Arthur G. Doane, 
top carriage, deco- 
rated with yellow 
chrysanth e m u m s , 
occupied by Dr. 
Doane and Mrs. 
Doane. 

Miss Harriet E. Fow- 
ler's dog cart, trim- 
med with red and 
white poppies, oc- 
cupied by Miss 
Fowler and Miss 
Grace L. Fav. 
Henry B. Ha \- en's 
two-seated surrev, 
trimmed with yel- 
low and white 
chrysanthemums, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Henrv B. Haven, Jr., 
and Mr. and Mrs. Edward A.' Haven of Florence. 
Colonel Henry L. Williams' two-seated brake, drawn bv two black 
horses; decorations, white roses with green leaves; occupied by 

Mrs. Williams, Miss 
Lucy E. Dewey of 
Boston and Mas- 
ters Charles E. and 
Frank Howard Joy 
of Northampton. 

Charles N. Fitts' 
pony cart, trim- 
med with roses and 
laurel, occupied by 
Donald C. and G. 
Norman Fitts. 

William A. Bailey's 
pneumatic-tired 
runabout, trimmed 
with yellow and 
white roses, occu- 
l)ied by Miss Grace 
M. Bailey and Mrs. 
Charles L. Sauter. 




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Robert M. Witherell of Florence, pneumatic-tired runabout, trimmed 
with vellow and white chrysanthcnuinis, occupied l)y Mr. Witherell 
and Miss Mary A. Benway. 

Charles W. Kinney, top carriage, trimmed with pink popi)ics, with l)lack 
centers, occui:)icd by Mrs. Charles \V. Kinney and C. Milton 
Kinney. 

Mrs. Charles N. Harlow, top carriage, trimmed with yellow ])()])]jics of 
four shades, occupied bv Mrs. Harlow and Robert C. Kinney of 
Milford. 

Myron C. Bailey, two-seated surrey, drawn by two buckskin horses, 
decorated with green poppies, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, 
George E. Smith and Miss Flora Smith of AVare. 

Robert M. Edwards, trap, drawn by two black horses, trimmings of 
vellow chrysanthemums, occupied by Mr. Edwards and James 
H. Searle. 

J. Howe Demond, two-seated open surrey, drawn by a pair of chestnut 
Morgan mares. The carriage and harness were entirely covered 
with red cloth, and ornamented with Jacqueminot roses; occupied 
by Mrs. Samuel Ivnapp Towle of Haverhill, with Mr. Demond 
Mrs. Harvey T. Shores and Paul Demond Shores. 

Sheriff Jairus E. Clark's two-seated open surrey, decorated with white 
chrysanthemums, occupied by Miss Charlotte Parks of Westfield, 
Miss Mabel Stevens of Dorchester, and Miss Gertrude Clark, with 
D. Eugene Dickinson as driver. 

Vernet E. Cleveland, top carriage, trimmed with white chrysanthe- 
mums, occupied by Mr. Cleveland and Dr. James B. Stetson of 
New Haven, Conn. 

Dr. Sidney A. Clark, runabout, trimmed with pink chrysanthemums of 
many shades, occupied bv Dr. 
Clark, Miss Millicent Clark and Miss 
Marion Bartlett of New York. 

Alexander McCallum, top carriage, 

drawn by two bay horses, trimmed 

with wistaria and other decorations 

of lavender and white, occupied 

by Mr. McCallum and Mrs. George 

B. McCallum. 
Dr. George H. Demming of Westfield, 

open carriage, drawn by span of 

black horses, decorations of red. 

white and blue; occupied by Mr, 

Demming and Misses Rowena 

D. and Rhoda B. Warner of 

Cummington. Dr . Sidney a. C l .a r k 




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Governor John L. Bates, Mrs. Bates and Adjutant-General Dalton 



ScconD division 

Marshal, Capt. Edward P. Hall. 
Headed by the Bay State Drum Corps; drum major, Francis Parent; 

Leaders, Arthur Gilbert and Harry Bingley. 

Staff of Third Regiment, Patriarchs Militant, Col. William H. Bruce, 

Lieut. Frederick P. Mansur and twelve men. 

Canton Meadow City, David Maxwell commander, 35 men. 

Canton Chapin, thirty men. 

Canton Springfield, twenty men. 

Nonotuck Lodge, 100 men; Thomas^H. Bolter, marshal, 

L'Union St. Joseph float. 

St. Jean Baptiste Society float. 

Sacred Heart float. 

Knights of Sherwood Forest, Capt. George L. La Flcur; thirty-three 
men; Commander, Eugene B. Tatro. 

Primrose Lodge. Sons of St. George float. 



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223 




Tlie A. O. II. Drum Corps of Chicopet 

Falls, Daniel J. Moriarty leader; 

drum major, Eugene Miller; 

twelve men. 

Division No. i, Aneient (3rder of 

Hibernians, John T. Dewey, leader; 

William Godfrey, marshal; 

eighty men. 

Florence Commanderv, Golden Star 

float. ' 



Mrs. D r u s I l l a Hall J u h n s o n 
Oldest Woman in Town, loo Years 

Meadow City Court Xo. 72, F. of A. 
float. 

Pride of Meadow City (C. of F.) 
lodge float. 

Shelburne Falls Military Band, Will- 
iam Stemp^le, leader; drum major, 
William Woods ; twentv-one men. 

Northampton Grange, P. of H., No. 
138, float. 




Austin P a c k a r d 
Oldest Man in Town, ()4 Years 



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Hampshire Lodge of A. O. 

United Workmen, in charge of 

Luther E. Tyler. 

High Ridge Lodge of Williams- 
l)urg. Crescent Lodge of Am- 
herst, College City Lodge; 
seventy-five men. 

Red Men's Council, Capawonke, 
tioat and eighteen men on 
horses, ridden by Red Men; in 
charge of Sachem Jeremiah 
Maloney. 

Float of the Home Culture 
Clubs. 

St. Anne's Society (Florence) 
float. 

Knights of Columbus float. 

Father Mathew Temperance So- 
ciety of Northampton ffoat, dee- 
orated in blue and white, with 
evergreen trimmings, and drawn 
bv four horses. 



^bii^ ©ivision— JEastbanipton 

Marshal, Edward L. Shaw; aids, 
Charles D. Utley, John L. Ly- 
man, Henry M. Taylor. 

Easthampton Band, Arthur Mc- 
Donald, leader; twenty pieces. 

Mounted i^latc^on : George L. McEvov. James McGrath. Stanislaus Fu- 

gere, Frank L. Clapp, George B. Cook, George Freiday. 

Town float. 

Hampton Mills float. 

Plumber James P. Ryan, in open barouche, distributing advertising 

souvenirs. 




Matthew Carroll 
A Typical Ivisli Gentleman, Out for the Celebration 



Soutbampton 

Charles S. Foley, Town Marshal. 
Southampton Drum Corps, eleven pieces, Albert E. Bosworth, leader. 



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Float representing settlers going from Northampton to Southampton 

in 1723. 

Float representing old stagecoach. 

Float representing "Southam])ton IndcixMident Street Railway Line." 

"GQestbampton 

Town float, rei)rcscnting butter-making. 
Another float representing old-time sawmill. 



jfourtb 5)ivi5ion 

Marshal, John J. Raleigh; Aids, George S. Whitbeck, Philip Gleason, 
James F. Martin, James A. Pollard, Charles W. Walker, Charles 
L. Gallup, Victor Rocheleau. 

Short's United States Armory Band of Springfield, Thomas V. Short, 
leader; twenty-two men. 

William C. Pomeroy, mounted, representing Gen. Seth Pomeroy, en 
route from Northampton to participate in the Battle of Bunker 
Hill. 

Three outriders, C. Preston Otis, Wilfred H. and Raymond H. Learned. 

Colonial Drum Corps, Patrick J. McConyille, fifer, James Heft'ernan and 
William E. Dumphey, drummers. 



Ibistorical jfloate 

The First School ix North.\mptox. 

The North.\mpt()X High School of Today. 

Perils of Our Forefathers. 

MiNUTEMEX OF NoRTHAMPTOX IX I 774- 

A Coloxial Court Trial. 



jfiftb division 

Frederick E. Chase of Northampton, chief of the fire department, 

Marshal. 



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The Northampton Fire Department, officered an.l mannd as follows: 
Felix X. Laframboise, Assistant Engineer; Charles (). Parsons Clerk 

and Assistant Engineer; Charles vS. Pratt, jr., su])erintendent fire 

alarm telegraph. 

Chemical A Co. — Captain, Joseph T. Lucicr; Lieutenant, Charles Vet- 
terhng; Clerk, Henry E. Partridge; ten men. 

Hose Co., No. i— Captain. Thomas W. Hurlcv; Lieutenant, Thomas 
P. Waldron; Clerk, John T. Londergan; nine men. 

Hose Co., No. 2 — Captain, Phihp H. Sheridan; Lieutenant, John Shea- 
Clerk, Wilham Scully; ten men. 

Hose Co., No. 3— Captain, John C. Black; Lieutenant, [ohn W. Waltz- 
Clerk, Arthur E. Graves; ten men. 

Hose Co., No. 4 — Captain, Leroy F. Robbins; Lieutenant, Harry Huff- 
Clerk, Edward J. Ryan; fourteen men. 

Hook and Ladder Co., No. 2— Captain, Edwin C. Addis- Lieutenant 
Charles E. Andrus; Clerk, Charles S. Clark; eight men. 

Hook and Ladder Co., No. 3— Captain, John W. Ennis; Lieutenant 
Timothy D. Sheehan; Clerk, Ralph M. Fowler; twelve men. 

Steamer, No. i — Engineer, Dwight S. Huxlev; Fireman, William H. 
Hall; two men. 

Steamer, No. 2 — Engineer, James Lawlor; Fireman, Richard E. Dav- 
ies ; two men. 




Old S t a i, k - i o a i ii i^ km m .S (, l r ii a .m p t o n 



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Slitb Division 

Frederick G. Jager of Northam])ton, marshal. 
The Twelfth Regiment Band of Westfield. 
Decorated Automobiles as follows: 




Warren 'i" . R i s l e v 



Hugh McLeod of Hat- 
field came next, with 
another 24-horse 
power locomobile of 
four cylinders. The 
car was trimmed 
with lilies and bunt- 
ing, and was occu- 
pied by Mr. McLeod 
and family and Jon- 
athan E. Porter and 
family. Hugh Mc- 
Leod, chauffeur. 

A four-horse power, 
four-cylinder loco- 
mobile from Am- 
herst, trimmed with 
yellow poppies, was 
occupied by gentle- 
men from that town, 
and Dwight M. Bill- 
ings of Amherst 
acted as chaufifeur. 



The Sjjringheld Auto- 
mobile Company had 
the first car in line, 
entered by Frederick 
G. Jager, marshal of 
this division. This 
was a 24-horse power 
car, of the locomo- 
bile touring type, 
and was trimmed 
with yellow chrys- 
anthemums . It 
was occupied by 
Mrs. Frederick G. 
Jager and Mrs. Tillie 
C. Bosworth of 
Northampton and 
Henry Allen of 
Greenfield. Frederick 
G. Jager, chauffeur. 




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Eugene E. Davis appeared with a Packard touring car, conveying a 
dainty load of young misses. The car was trimmed with white 
poppies and the girls were dressed in white and wore black poppy 
hats. They were Misses P>lizabeth Pearson, Catherine Clark, 
Dorothy S. Davis, Arlenc C. King, Helen Ross, Helene C. Kings- 
ley and Esther H. Mather. Mr. Davis officiated as chauffeur. 

Charles W. Johnson was chauft'eur of a Holyoke touring car, which 
came next. 

A locomobile surrey, trimmed with pink and white chrvsanthcmums, 
was occupied by four boys dressed in dainty white costumes; they 
were Henry E. Wood, John L. Nichols, Harold B. Winched and 
Joseph O. Daniels, Jr. Edward E. Wood, Jr., was chauffeur. 

In a Stevens-Duryea car, decorated and nearly covered with red pop- 
pies in three shades, was Edgar F. Crooks accompanied by three 
children dressed in dazzling white costume. They were Miss El- 
eanor P. Spencer, Master Chester C. Marsh and Master Laurence 
E. Crooks. 

Lewis E. Warner appeared in a locomobile surrev, trimmed with bunt- 
ing and flowers, accompanied by Ralph E. Harlow, Karl W. Brad- 
ley and Misses Ethel P. and Carolyn E. Clapp. 

Thomas Gerrv's locomobile was trimmed with ^■ellow poppies and 
occupied bv Mr. and Mrs. Gerry. 

Arthur L. Kingsbury guided a Stevens-Duryea car and it was trimmed 
with evergreens and roses. Miss M. Elizabeth Miller accompanied 
Mr. Kingsbury. 

A car of the Rambler type was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 
W. Bement. It was decorated with white chrysanthemums on 
red ground; the bod)' of the machine was solid white and the 
wheels were covered. Mrs. Bement was dressed in white. 

A locomobile surrey, trimmed with white and pink roses, was driven 
bv Forrest G. Kirsch, and was also occupied by Miss Christine L. 
Kirsch, Miss Florence H. Jager and Roy S. Armstrong as bugler. 

Dr. William H. Baxter was accompanied by his famih" in a Rambler, 
trhnmed with flowers and bunting. 

A Warwick machine, trimmed with white poppies and bunting, was 
occupied by Warren T. Risley. 

Willis F. Anderson of the Springfield Automobile Co. occupied a Ste- 
vens-Duryea machine, trimmed with roses and carnations, and 
was accompanied by Mrs. Anderson. 

The Springfield Automobile Co. was also represented by Charles A. 
Longewav, in a locomobile surrey, trimmed with yellow chrys- 
anthemums, and Mr. Longeway was accompanied by Mrs. Longe- 
wav. 



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237 



Adam J. Englehart was in line with an automobile of his own con-' 
struction, made in Northampton. 

Frederick C. Deuel of Springfield conducted, alone, a machine trimmed 

with roses and poppies. 
Arthur H. Rogers of Springfield was unaccompanied. 
Willis A. Ford of Springfield had a machine trimmed with roses and 

poppies. 
Frank H. Metcalf of Holyoke, unaccompanied. 




Eugene E . D .a v i 



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r H E M A Cr N 1 F I C E N T F L A T S 

The most spectacular part of the parade was the float feature, 
and this was worked out by the Parade Committee in magnificent 
form. The historical floats were especially interesting, as faithfully 
representing various features of colonial life: and there were four of 
these arranged by the committee. 

(Orhc »Dnc- ^^"^"^ feature of the plans of the committee was the show- 

lt?os8 .§^ht^t1 ing of the locomotion of the fathers with that of the 
present generation, first with oxen, then the most prim- 
itive and most modern of horse vehicles and finally automobiles. This 
was worked out in the general exhibit and the committee floats. And 
here the old "one-hoss shay" came in. One w^as obtained from Ver- 
mont, over 150 years old, and a lean, gaunt animal was found to draw 
it. It was not a particularly inviting rig, and naturallv, the com- 
mittee found some difficulty in persuading any one to ride in it. Most 
people preferred to appear at such a time in a more attractive-looking 
conveyance, but a public-spirited couple were finallv found in George 
E. Whitbeck of Westfield and Miss Dora E. Duplissis of Northampton, 
who graced the old-fashioned ramshackle vehicle in a striking manner, 
and provoked much mirth and admiration by the nonchalant and to- 
the-manor-born air with which they carried themselves. This was one 
of the most popular features of the parade. 

The second float represented the Minute-men of North- 
jiamutc-- ^ 1 ,- . ■ ■, ^ ■ ^ 

.Jllrn ampton, who first sprang to arms m the American Revo- 

lution. The float was drawn bv four horses, decorated 
with plumes and streamers. On top of this float were the words, 
"Minute Men of Northam])ton, April 24, 1775," and on the sides, 
"1776 — The Parliament of Great Britain has no right to legislate for 
us." — Major Hawley. "He has gone farther than I have yet done." 

— General Otis. In another place were the words, "After all, we 
must fight." — Major Hawley. "By God, I am of that man's mind." 

— Patrick Henry. This float calls to mind a stirring scene in history, 
in which that patriotic son of Northampton figured. Major Hawley 
was elected a delegate to a convention of the colonies called to con- 
sider relations with the mother countrv. He was ill and could not go, 
but he sent a letter expressing his sentiments, and that letter was read 
in the presence of Patrick Henry. And when Patrick Henry heard 
Hawley's words, "We must fight," he swore that solemn oath already 






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NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 245 



quoted. Joseph Hawley's words were undoubtedly in the mind and 
heart of Patrick Henry a few days later, when he stood in a little church 
in Virginia and defied the power of England, exclaiming, "Give me 
liberty or give me death I " 

This float was easily the most important and inspiring feature of 
the whole aggregation, and its inception was a happy thought on the 
part of the chairman of the parade committee, Capt. Irwin. The 
personators of the mmute-men were Clarence A. Whitbeck, Charles F. 
Manning, Clarence S. Curtis, William Prue, John A. Soule. 

The next float illustrated in a striking way the 

^-[},e perils of the forefathers, in setthng upon this land. 

iforcfatbers The scene pictured early settlers located in a field, 

with a child. Their guns were close at hand, and 
they were prepared for the surprises of conflict, in this case shown to 
be close at hand, from the presence of Indians watching them from 
ambush. The personations were by William Anderson, Henry Brad- 
ley, Fred D. Gary, George F. Warren, Patrick A. Powers, Harold R. 
Rogers and Miss Sadie J. Avers. 

The first school-house was of the log-cabin type, with 
.SSooSousc ^ reahstic background of trees, rocks, etc. The oc- 

cupants personated Puritans, in the traditional cos- 
tume. The master of the school was John Hancock Babbitt and the 
pupils Misses Florence A. Babbitt, Claire A. Babbitt, Agnes G. Clancy, 
and Margaret A. Buckhout. There was also, on this float, a Puritan 
quartet composed of Frederick W. Macomber, M. Dewey Mavnard, Roy 
W. Steele, of Northampton, and Leroy F. Purnngton of Havdenville. 
They sang, as the float moved along, songs of the olden time, such as 
"Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground," " Auld Lang Svne," "Old Ken- 
tucky Home," etc. This float was drawn by four horses and they were 
decorated with plumes, streamers and banners. 

The high-school float was trimmed with laurel and 
of Co&an ^^^^ ^^^ white poppies. At each corner of the float 

were large tassels of red and white. By using these 
colors, red, white and green, one color at least of each of the classes 
was used. The girls on the float were supposed to be in a recitation 
room. The four classes of the school were represented as follows: 
Junior Class, Harriet E. Gilbert, Molly R. Felton, Eva B. Adams, 
Estella Damon, Clara L. Hayes; Senior Class, Helen L. Flavin, Emilv 




'J' H E Old ' ' O n e - H o s s S h a v 




The Colonial C o u r r F l o a t 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 247 



L. Parsons, Marv E. Gleason, Grace "M. Larkin; SopJiomorc Class, Bertha 

K. Seidell, Everill Walcntine, Marion J. Hobson, Blanche B. Tomlin; 

Frrshmaii ('lass, Ethel B. Chilson, Hazel E. Crafts, Ahce Towhill, 

Rhea S. Delano. 

The lawyers of Northampton united in making up a 

•?l Colonial representation of a court of justice in the colonial 

Court ' „ . 

period, which was ([uite effective. The float pictured 

a court scene, in which the follownig persons participated: Justice, 
Miss Eva 1. Rivers; Judge, David H. Keedy; lawyers and court officers, 
seven Amherst students. The judge wore a red gown and wig, and 
the law vers and court officers were attired in the costumes of the period. 
The float was drawn bv two horses, decorated with white flowers and 
rosettes, and led bv men in red liverv. 



JEastbampton 

The Easthampton Celebration Committee evolved a 
3ntiusn-i? comi)rehensive and elegant float in their allegorical 

representation of "Industry Crowned." The object 
was to make a good showing of the manufacturing industries of the 
town, which are the hfe and mainstay of the place. It was an artistic 
success, and reflected great credit u|)on the management, whose names 
have been elsewhere given. The float w^as eight by twenty feet, draped 
in white and yellow and festooned with ropes of evergreen. On the 
drapery of the first platform, along the sides, were the dates " 1785 and 
iqo4," and between them, "Easthampton, your Youngest Daugh- 
ter." At the rear end was the name " Pascommuck," the early Indian 
name of the settlement which is now Easthampton. There were 
twentv-two characters on the float. Miss Ethel L. Friel was costumed 
as a queen, in a roval robe of white satin, gold-embroidered, with a 
heavy ermine bordered cape of dark green brocade with spangles. 
She wore a gilt crown, with jewels, and made a handsome picture, 
seated at the top of a high pyramid, draped in white and yellow. Sweep- 
ing steps led down from each side of the throne, and m front of the 
queen sat Miss Anna Deidedge, ].)ersonif>-ing the Church, and gowned 
in a white surplice over black. She carried a book inscribed "The 
Church," and bv her side, in the traditional university cap and gown, 
sat MissAnna L. Kilmurray, representing "The School," and holding a 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 249 

book so inscribed. On one side of the queen's throne stood the per- 
sonification of Agrictilture, represented by Sumner W. Cobb, with one 
hand resting on a plow and the other on the throne. On the other side 
of the throne stood Earl V. Guy, taking the part of a mechanic, with 
one hand resting on a pile of suspender web from the mill of the Nasha- 
wannuck Manufacturing Company, and the other on the cjueen's throne. 
At each corner stood a soldier. Miles Standish was represented by 
Edwin B. Munn, the Continental soldier by Homer T. Clark, the civil 
war veteran by Wright A. Root, and the Spanish war soldier by 
Paul B. Johnson. At the back stood a brilliant and picturesque group. 
Frank W. Morrill personated an Indian chief and Flora B. Collins posed 
as his datighter. To complete the tout ensemble of the float a gay 
and laughing group of ten beautiful children occupied the stairway 
leading to the back of the throne. These were Annie M. Lord, Ada E. 
Smith, May E. Menton, Edith E. Wood, Ella V. Friel, Bertha D. Sten- 
der, May O. Barnett, May P. Voigt, Annie W. and Elizabeth R. Rie- 
del. They were dressed in white, and those who had dark hair tied it 
w^th red ribbon and those with light hair wore blue ribbon. They also 
wore floral crowns, in colors to match the hair ribljon, red rosebuds, 
and forget-me-nots. 

This charming float was drawn by eight horses, each led by a 
groom in cavalier costume : Nelson Thompson, John Bousquet, Edward J. 
Nagel, Joseph La Mountain, WilHam H. Thompson, WilHam Chipman, 
Joseph H. Graveline, Joseph Graveline, Jr. The horses wore blankets 
with the names of Easthampton manufacturers on them, as follows: 
Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company, Glendale Elastic Fabrics 
Company, National Button Company, Easthampton Rubber Thread 
Companv, George S. Colton, Hampton Company, West Boylston Com- 
panv, Dibble & Warner. The float was designed by George L. Munn 
and others, arranged by Odell G. Webster, and driven by Frank C. 
Haynes. 

On this float the word "Easthampton" was worked 

iJ?ampton ^^^ |^^_^^|^ sides of the foundation and "Hampton Com- 

.IBiHs 

panv " on the back, with skeins of yarn in gold letters 

on a blue ground. Jack spools formed the next tier, then a row of 
cones, followed bv two rows of spools, surmounted by a lady's bower. 
The float was drawn by flve horses, decorated with plumes and colored 
trappings, and was designed to show the different In-anches of the 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 251 

converting business of the Hampton Com])any. Tlie^materials used 
in decorating the float were made of s])ools of wliitejmd colored mer- 
cerized yarns, ])laced endwise, one above another. The jack spools, 
cones and spools were all hlled in with bright complementary colors, 
the intersections being filled in with carefully twisted yarns to imitate 
flowers. The occupants of the l)o\ver were: Misses Emily Bromley, 
Bessie Handlev, Alice A. McDermott, Mary L. Greenough, dressed in white 
and wearing crowns made of colored yarns to imitate flowers. The 
driver was David ]. Ra\-no, and the leaders were: Fred Brouer, George J. 
Bruett, George McAdoo, Peter Duprey, dressed in white suits, with 
wdiite caps and nicely finished. The above float was designed by 
James McCallum, overseer of the finishing de])artment. 

Plumber James P. Ryan of Easthampton followed the town floats 
with an open barouche, suitably inscribed, advertising his business, 
and the occupants distributed very pretty fans of burnt work among 
the crowd. 

Soutbampton 

The town of Southam])ton was represented by three floats, which 

showed much ingenuity m design and make-up. They were preceded 

by Town Marshal Charles S. Foley in ancient costume, and his aid, 

Marcus E. Lvon, and following them came the wSouthampton Drum Corps 

of eleven pieces. The first float and one which attracted the most 

attention was entitled 

In front of an old-fashioned ox team marched Syl- 

*^oinfl to vester P. Coleman of Southampton. He was a large, 

.Southampton ^ ^ j ■, ^ x r ^ 

,n 1723 heavv man, and trudged along barefoot, carrying 

a long, ancient musket on his shoulder. There 
was a voke of oxen, attached to a huge two-wheeled cart, laden with 
household furniture and utensils of the olden time, old-fashioned chairs, 
spinning wheels, cradle, etc., and the characters with Mr. Coleman 
were pictured as going from Northampton to Southampton, to settle 
in a new home. The other parties were a brother and two sons of Mr. 
Coleman, Dwight G. Coleman, Sumner S. Coleman and Joseph E. Cole- 
man, the two former marching beside the team, with muskets, and the 
latter representing the woman of the family, seated in one of the old 
chairs. This float was considered by the most competent judges to 
be the most appropriate and striking of the floats, and undoubtedl}' 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 255 

it would have received a prize, but it turned off the main Hnc of 
march before reaching the reviewing stand, and was not therefore seen 
bv the judges. 

Next of Southam])ton's stirring contributions to 
llaoaoac'r''^ the parade was an old-fashioned stagecoach, i-la- 

carded, "Northampton to Southampton, U. S. 
Mail, iSog." This feature w^as the result of an interesting correspond- 
ence which Postmaster and Town Clerk Frederick E. Judd had with 
the post-oftice department at Washington. He wrote, asking for the 
facts concerning the record of this route, and received a courteous 
reply, accompanied with expression of wishes that it might be of help 
in the parade. This was the route: No. 51 — From Hartford, Conn., 
by Suftield, Westfield, Southampton, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield, 
Greenfield. Bernardston, Hinsdale, Brattleboro, Putnev, Westminster, 
Walpole, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Windsor, Hartland and 
Plainfield to Hanover; service to be two times a week; route iSo 
miles long, connecting twenty-two post-offices in four states. The 
occupants of the float were dressed in old-time costumes and were 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Parsons, Mrs. Edward B. Lyman, Orlando 
C. Searle, Mrs. Svlvester P. Coleman and two children, Elmer and 
Alice, Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Grid- 
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lvman, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Lyon, 
George A. Gorton and George D. Hannum, with Willard P. Sherman 
as driver. 

In the next of Southampton's floats appeared what 
;g»outbainpton was deemed by many the cleverest hit of the day. 

llaiiroab This was labeled over the top, " Southampton In- 

dependent Railroad Co. Cars leave every min- 
ute." This imitation was well carried out in every detail, and the 
realistic wav in which the conductor rang up the fares and started 
and stopped the car b}' the regulation bell tap, was received with ap- 
plause all along the route. This exhibition prompted the Easthamp- 
ton AVu'.9 to voice the hope of some Southam|:)ton people that it would 
"soften the hearts of the neighboring street railway directors and 
bring the veritable broomstick car to town." The occupants of the 
car float were pujjils of the SouthamjUon Grammar school — Marcus E. 
Lyon, Sumner S. Coleman, Joseph E. Coleman, Sadie M. Carrier, Eliz- 
abeth M. Duggan, Helena K. Yenwiski, Julia E. Norris, Cecille M. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 257 



Fowles, Bernard F. Fowles, Fred W. Sherman, George A. Sherman, 
Reynolds J. Sherman, FrankHn H. Sherman, Bertha K. Parsons, Edith 
S. L^-man, Mira Poler, Helen K. Norris, Clare S. Woodbury, Roy J. 
Woodbury, Ida R. Olds, Mrs. Allen Smith, Allen H. Smith, Gertrude 
L. Smith, Helen K. Judd, Edith M. Peck, Flora A. Dalton, Nellie M. 
Dickinson, Mrs. Frank R. Boyd. The float was driven by Allen Smith . 
The Southampton line was closed up by Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. 
Boyd, who drove a handsome pair of bays. 



lancstbampton 

Westhampton was represented by two floats, 
Gutter jmahing and one, under the direction of Selectman Ed- 

OlDcn Cimcs win B. Clapp, showed butter making in the old- 

en times. The decorations were of yellow and 
white. The float was handsomely trimmed and was drawn by four 
gaily-dressed horses, who wore white coverings, with a border of yellow 
buttercups. On the outside of the float was the inscription, "West- 
hampton Dairying, 1754." In the float was an old-fashioned fireplace, 
with warming pans, pots and kettles and old-fashioned furniture. 
Clayton A. Bartlett and Miss Grace H. Kingsley represented the but- 
ter maker and his wife. Miss Adah M. Judd the grandmother, and 
Herbert W. and George E. Clapp, the younger members of the family. 
They were busy turning the old-fashioned churn, and butter making 
was in progress during the ride. Mahlon K. Parsons was the driver, 
assisted by Ephraim S. Smith, Lyman K. Bridgman and William 
Adams. 

The second of the Westhampton floats represented the 
laujmiU sawmill and lumber interest of this town, in primitive 

and modern style. The float was twenty-two feet long 
and eight feet wide, and eleven feet six inches from the ground, and 
was drawn by four horses. Two mills were in operation, getting their 
power by means of belting attached to the wheels of the wagon. One 
mill had the old-fashioned up-and-down saw w4th pit and hand power 
in operation, and the other the modern way of the circular saw and 
carriage. Lumber was being made during the progress of the proces- 
sion, and a force of men kept busily at work. This float was under 
the direction of Selectman Dwisrht S. Bridg:man. 




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Same O i. u C r o \v u 




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THE M A N U F A C f U R J N G F L A T S 

Next to the town and historical floats, probably the display made 
by the different manufacturing industries of the city were the most 
important and interesting. They were constructed at a great expense 
and contributed largely to the enthusiasm of the dav. 

The Florence silk mill exhibit was made in a six-horse 
jTionotuch coach with the horses decorated in white, w4th white 

j^iorrncc* harnesses, white and red plumes, blankets white, let- 

tered " Corticelli " in red, white fringe with a border 
of red poppies. The coach was decorated with white bunting, with 
white festoon paper for background, trimmed with red poppies. Large 
gold eagle in a panel on each side ; large red silk banner with word 
"Corticelli" in gold leaf. The driver and guard were costumed in white 
with brass buttons and tall white hats. There was a coaching horn, 
bearing a red silk banner, lettered "N. S. Co., 1904." The occupants 
were Irene K. Andrus, Lizzie M. Burkett, Mary A. Curran, Nellie G. 
Fitzgibbon, Katherine Fitzgerald, Mabel F. Hall, Mary E. Lovett, 
Jennie A. Noyes, Nellie G. Whalen, Katherine G. Ahearn, Katherine 
L Cantwell, Nelhe A. Doyle, Margaret E. Fahey, Alice V. Hogan, Mary 
A. Hogan, May E. Langdon, Nelhe T. O'Brien, Margaret G. O'Brien, 
dressed in white, with white hats trimmed with red poppies. This 
float was designed and arranged by Sibley H. Keyes and Joseph H. 
Shearn. 

The Leeds silk mill was represented by a Japanese pa- 
|!^onottitU gocla and tea garden, drawn by six horses, with red 

•llccDs ° blankets, yellow fringe and word "Corticelh" in gold 

letters. There were red plumes on the bridles, and the 
horses were led by six men in Japanese costume, as follows: George H. 
Tower, Ubalde J. Chagnon, Albert Gendreau, William Mofflt, Anthony 
Young and Clarence A. Lillv. The float had two decks, each surrounded 
bv bronze railing. The u|)per one was surmounted by a large Jap- 
anese umbrella and occupied by Japanese girls engaged in needlework; 
there were also tea tables with two Japanese girls serving tea. The 
lower deck was occupied by four Geisha girls and girls reeling silk. 
The general effect was red and gold. The railing of the upper deck 
had dragons supporting small Japanese lanterns. The occupants were 
Mary Sarah Lafrenier, Josephine M. Lafrenier, Sophia M. Belemer, 
Alice A. Belemer, Georgiana A. Maillioux, Dora F. Carpenter, Lucine 



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T. Brisbois, Eva R. Bedard, Lizzie V. Hannigan, Ora E. Chaquette, 
Alma A. Versaw, Florence D. Versaw, Delema R. Gougeon, Jessie E. 
Lee, So|)hronia Young, Laura Moffit, Lucy Desmarais, Rose Desma- 
rais, all wearing Japanese kini'Mias. The float was designed and 
arranged by Sibley H. Keyes and Joseph H. Shearn. 

The Havdenville silk mill gave a representation 
ji^onotucU of Columbia. The float was drawn by six horses, 

Stimimic ^^'^^^"^ ^"'^''^^' ^^'l^^te and l.)luc i)lumes and blue Idankets, 

with white fringe and stars, each horse ridden by 
a man in artillerv uniform and carr>-ing a United States flag. The 
float was built u]) in pyramidal form and was surmounted by the God- 
dess of Liberty. Uncle Sam was m front, with two infantrymen and 
two sailors at the corners. There were twenty-one >'oung women, 
dressed in white with sashes of red, white and blue, thirteen of them 
holding banners representing the thirteen original states. There was 
a large blue silk flag at the rear, with the word " Corticelli " in gold 
leaf. The general eft'ect was red, white and blue. The horses were 
ridden by Frank J. Rowe, William Lawler, Frank T. Grotty, Wilfred 
J. Lavalle, Edward G. Richards, and Adlore Lavalle. The occupants 
were Mary L. Linnehan, Goddess of Liberty; Kate H. Linnehan, Mar- 
garet A. Linnehan, Kate R. Coogan, Margaret Welch, Margaret Cadi- 
gan, Ella M. Thompson, Eva Vigneau, Florence A. Semineau, Eva V. 
St. Lawrence, Josie M. Shea, Margaret G. Heffernan, Emma Danse- 
reau. Rose A. Brown, Kate L. O'Donnell, Annie V. Welch, Lizzie K. 
Burke, Mary N. Prince, Annie L. Kearney, Gertrude F. Bardwell, 
Stella W. Hill, Louis J. Carpenter, George O. Lavalle, infantrymen; 
Henry N. Brown and Joseph H. O'Donnell. sailors; John E. Ahearn, 
Uncle Sam. This float was also designed by Sii^ley H. Keyes and 
Joseph. H. Shearn. 

The float of the Belding Bros.' silk mill represented 
'jBribina ^cos.' ^^-^ old Viking ship with its crew, and several weeks 

■^" ■^'' had been spent on its preparation, in the yard of 

the company, close by the mill, attracting considerable attention from 
the nearness of the work to the street. Public curiosity in the neigh- 
borhood was therefore considerably interested and no one was disap- 
pointed wdien the completed work appeared. The decorations of the 
float were yellow, white and gilt, with ropes, oars and equipment. The 
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in white. The occupants were Misses Odeha A. Belanger, Marie L. 
Charlebois, Orphanie M. Gauthier, Adala Galon, Ora Parent, Lea M. 
Parent and Mabel Young, and they wore dainty costumes of white and 
yellow. The float was designed by George A. Murray of Springfield, 
assisted by employes of the company. 

This float, 20 by 12 feet and drawn by six horses, 

^''^'■'^"f'^ represented a magnified Prophylactic Tooth Brush 

(jrompanti '-'O^- -^^^is bemg the tooth brush known the world 

over as the one "always sold in a yellow box," the 

prevailing colors were yellow, red and black. Five men were dressed 

in yellow and red, and there were two footmen in colors. There were 

two cornet soloists, and on the rear of the float two tooth Ijrushes five 

feet long. 

In all there were thirty girls and seven men on the float, dressed 
in colors to harmonize with the general color scheme of the float. They 
were Misses Mamie T. McBride, Edna H. Van Slett,. Clara Manning, 
Lizzie M. Hogan, Lizzie G. Connelly, Mary Finn, Evelvn M. Beaupre, 
Hattie B. Cassin, Emily D. Cassin, Marie Courchene, Josephine D. 
Evers, Nellie K. Powers, Julia M. Smith, Lizzie G. Latham, Sadie L. 
Askins, Annie M. Tewhill, Julia Packard, Jane A. Crean, Harold Cur- 
rier, William 0. Htfljbard, Louis Beaupre, Michael Shea, Annie M. 
Halpin, Monda La Mountaine, Julia L Cashman, Rose Moonev, Nellie 
Eagan, Kittie M. O'Neil, Esther L. Murphy, Lizzie G. Min-phv, Kate 
F. Shannon, Nellie Shannon, Alice Johnson, Mamie F. Lau'ly, Howard 
F. Baker, Edward J. Gustafson and Charles Heath. 

This float, designed and arranged bv the employes 
SeS'mm °*' ^^^^ McCallum Hosiery Company, represented a 

mode of wearing silk tights several centuries ago, 
such as are now manufactured by the exhibitor for stage purposes, 
and was made to simulate a white marl)le Italian terrace, throned upon 
which was a princess surrounded by her court of knights and ladies, 
to whom a Spanish peddler was exhibiting his brilliant silken hose. 
The ensenfljle was extremely eftective, for no detail was omitted to 
perfect the delusion. The apple tree in full bloom, which shaded the 
princess and her ladies, the golden urns filled with flowers, festoons of 
roses, the green velvet carpets, all aided in taking one back in fancy 
to the gorgeous court shows of the sixteenth century. 

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two little pages, who carried the princess' purple and ermine mantle, 
the scarlet velvet saddle blankets and trappings, which covered the 
dapple gray horses, were furnished by the theatrical costumers, A. 
Koehler & Co. of New York, while the silk tights were manufactured 
by the exhibitor. The horses were furnished by Thomas J. McGrath 
of Northampton and were driven by Edward Breor of Hatfield. 

The people of the float, employes of the McCallum Hosiery Com- 
pany, were: the Princess, Lilly M. Hill; court ladies, Misses Mildred E. 
Drexel, Margery R. Johnston, Katherine L. O'Connor, Ethel F. March; 
four pages leading horses, John Hodge, Earl C. Oefinger, Fred N. Stev- 
enson, Clifford March; two pages, in white and gold. Master Harold 
Alpin, Master Ernest Tomlinson; attendant courtiers, John J. P2gan, 
Sidney March, William H. Drexel, Ovilla J. Rivers, James H. Burns, 
Napoleon J. Paquette, Norris March, George S. Watson, Charles H- 
O'Donnell, George A. Briggs; peddler, J. Leonard Meisner. 

S C I E T r FLOATS 

No one class or section of Northampton people entered into the 
spirit of the Celebration with more enthusiasm and fervor than the 
French-American societies. Five of their organizations were repre- 
sented in the line of march and four of them constructed for the occa- 
sion costly and handsome floats. As a matter of fact, the French peo- 
ple understand the art of celebrating, and have for generations. They 
have made the subject a fine art, and their something more than vol- 
atile — jubilant — natures respond to the reqtiirements of such an 
occasion with ready tact and great generosity. So it was at the Quar- 
ter-Millennial Celebration. From the very inception of the enterprise 
they were alert and wide awake to the importance of the undertaking, 
and responded promptly. All did well, but the French-American 
people were not excelled. Those public-spirited leaders of their race, 
Victor Rocheleau and iVdolphe Menard, were prominent in the work of 
preparation and these were members, respectivelv, of the Provisional 
Committee of fifteen and the Executive and Finance Committee. 

The oldest French society in the city is the St. Jean 
.§iaint Jean Baptiste society, and it turned out its full membership, 
.iiocictp i^^ regalia, with banner, and two new silk flags, ordered 

for the occasion. It produced a float of much compre- 
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Objects on the St. Jean B a r t i s t e F l o a t 

platform sixteen feet long by eight feet wide. In the center was a 
beehive made of straw, representing Industry. About this hive were 
six persons, and on top of the hive were the American coat of arms 
and the star-spangled banner, with the French flag. hX the right of 
the American coat of arms Miss Lena A. Paquin stood in a costume 
spangled with stars. She wore on her head a crown of laurel leaves, 
surmounted by an eagle, representing the United States. At the left 
Miss Delia Menard was in a costume of white, with a green scarf and 
crowned with maple leaves, surmounted by a castor, typifying Canada. 
In the center of the hive stood Miss Marie Antoinette Laframboise, 
arrayed in white and leaning on a cross, representing Charity. Miss 
Anna M. Menard wore a blue costume and leaned upon a heart-shaped 
shield, representing Fraternity. Miss Flora Menard wore red and held 
scales typifying Justice; and young Arthur Dragon, in the costume of 
the youthful St. John Baptist, held the cross and represented the soci- 
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flowers, and in this stood a monument eight feet high, on which was 
lettered, "In honor of our French boys who went from Northampton 
to fight for the glory of the American Republic." On one side of the 
monument was also lettered the names of thirty-two French patriots 
who served during the Civil war, and on the other side the names 
of fourteen who served in the Cuban and Philippine campaigns. At 
the right of the monument stood Moses Tessier, one of the soldiers of 
the war of the rebellion, from i860 to 1864, and at the left Roderique 
Dragon, brother of one of the brave French boys who died from the 
effects of the Cuban war. At the four corners of the car were four 




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personifications — Philias TardifT, representing Washington; Theophile 
Dragon, personifying an Indian; John Baptist Venne, representing 
Lafayette, and Alfred H. Savard, personifying Jacques Cartier. The 
decorations of the float were very fine, and on top, sides and back of 
the float the American coat of arms appeared, with the dates 1654 
and 1904; at the right "Societee St. Jean Baptiste, founded in 1870"; 
at the left, "Societee St. Jean Baptiste, incorporated in 1873." At 




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the bottom of the four corners appeared the names, Washington, Non- 
otuck, Lafayette, and Jac(iucs Carticr. The float was drawn ])V four 
horses and driven l)y Josiah L. Briggs, who was costumed to repre- 
sent Uncle Sam. The float was made after plans and under inspection 
of the president of the society, Adol])he Menard. 

The St. Joseph Society (L'Union'St. Joseph) turned 
^aint'joecpl) *^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ranks, with new badges, and carrying a 

banner and two new silk flags. Their float represented 
two scenes. One showed Generals Washington, Lafayette and Rocham- 
beau in uniform, at a council of war which history records took place 





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in the vicinity of Harlem and Kingsbridge. Sitting on their horses, 
on the hills of Kingsbridge, as witnesses of this battle, were the three 
generals named, and later they held the council which the float pic- 
tured. 

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way through Northampton in 1825, en route to Boston. Lafavette 
was the bosom friend of Washington, and a dashing young officer who 
left a home of comfort and luxury, to share the toils and sufferings 
of the American soldier, and the scene pictured him as being enter- 
tained in Northampton by the Hon. Isaac C. Bates. The thought 
of the designers of this float — to also combine in it a representation 
of this important event — was a happy one, and the managers were 
fortunately able to procure for the actor personifying Mr. Bates in this 
scene, a suit which was worn by Mr. Bates and is still kept in the Bates 
family. As in 1825, six little school children, Nora Lancour, Flora 
Bernier, Etta Morin, Eveline Lancour, Laura Marier and Rachel La 
Fleur, were strewing flowers on the path of Lafayette. The float 
was drawn by four horses, John W. »Slattery, driver; it was of an ellip- 
tical shape, blue in color, trimmed with white flowers and national 
colors. Joseph F. A. Gosselin represented Washington, Victor Bernier, 
Jr., represented Lafavette and Alfeiie Morin represented Rochambeau. 
In the council of war Frank Z. Lepine represented Hon. Isaac C. Bates 
and Joseph O. Hebert personated Lafayette, on his way to Boston. 
" Uncle Sam " was given an extremely appropriate personation in 
William H. Sperling, whose physical proportions were admirably adapted 
to the personation. The float was escorted by twelve men of St. 
Joseph's Guard, in grav tmiform, with Napoleon La Plant as captain. 

Following the float and the members of the society, immediately 
preceding the officers, was a globe of large size, surmounted by an 
American eagle, representing the United States. The sentiment of 
this exhibit was that the American eagle, as the favorite emblem of 
the nation, carries in its flight, on its unfolded wings, the light of Amer- 
ican ideas and civilization, to the people of the world, and therefore 
it was chosen by the committee of arrangements of the society to oc- 
cupy a conspicuous position in the great Celebration. The globe and 
eagle were drawn bv tw^elve boys of the Sacred Heart school : Rod- 
erick Marier, Leo Marier, Evain Bouthillctte, Arthur Lancour, Albert 
Hebert, John Finton, Alfred Hebert, Oscar Desmarais, Oscar Godette, 
Charles Desmarais, Alexander Barbeau and Ernest St. Jacc^ues. They 
were driven by little Eva Rose De Grandpre, who, seated on the float, 
was supposed to guide the boys named, by twelve red, white and blue 
ribbons attached to their persons. The float and globe were designed 
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man A. Dcs])ault, i)resident ; Jose|)h F. A. Gosselin, secretarv; Rii'hard 
B. A. Dominique, treasurer; \'ict()r Rocheleau, Alcidc Brazeau, Alfred 
Lemerise, James O. Morin and Alexander Barbeau. An unfortunate 
after-ineident was the aceidental burning of the entire float and globe, 
with its decorations, shortly after the Celebration, and the soeiety was 
left to mourn over a hea]) of ashes. 

The youngest French-American organization in the citv 

.^acrrti is the Sacred Heart Cadets, and it appeared with an 

"labrts artistically arranged float, representing General Wasliing- 

ton crossing the Delaware. The great hero was ])erson- 

ated bv Obie Briant, and his brave companions bv Na])oleon Bernier, 

Arthur Lebeau, Joseph Pa(]uette, Ernest La Fleur, Alexander Van- 

asse, Ernest Dubois, Willie Thibodeau, Stephen Morin, Nelson Du- 

teau, Aime Bouthillette. When the procession reached the Sacred 

Heart church, on King street, the school children, gathered there, 

sang the national anthems, "America," "The Star vSpangied Banner" 

and "The Red, White and Blue." Their spirit of enthusiasm was 

increased by the friendly recognition of the Governor and his staff. 

Court Duvernav, No. 03, Foresters of America, was es- 
Court corted bv the members of Lafayette Conclave, Knights 

i"' Oi'?['. ' ^^ Sherwood Forest. The court put on a float which rep- 
resented two scenes. The first part pictured General 
Marion in council ; the second dlustrated the benevolent system of 
the societv. There was a forest scene, with a stag in tlie background, 
and General Marion was in council with five soldiers, in a log cabin. 
The society's benevolent system was illustrated by a sick man on a 
cot, with acts of sympathy being shown by the four stations of the 
order. The occupants were William Chouinard, Napoleon Dragon, 
Joseph Ladouceur and Hermenegile Arel, Indians; Avetus Vanasse, 
Marion; Aristide Vanasse, Alphonse Goulet, Peter Lebeau, Joseph 
Berube, and Joseph Dubois, soldiers. Part second, sick man, Louis 
Edw\ard Pichette; Chief Ranger, Hector Vanasse; sub-Chief Ranger, Jo- 
seph A. Braeonnier; Commander of Conclave, Eugene B. Tat^-o. Chief 
of Companions, Mrs. Mary La Fleur. The float was drawm by four 
horses in patriotic trappings, diiven by G. Frederick Pelissier, and the 
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The United German societies, consisting of the Gerliian- 
•^^'"f"-"^ American Citizens' Association, and order of Harutrari 

.§*ocirtiC0 '^^^^ bchuctzcnvercm, were represented m a very artis- 

tic float, in which Germania was the principal figure, 
supposed to be tra\-ehng tlirough foreign countries, accompanied bv 
the personifications of Art and Music, surrounded bv heralds. This 
float was drawn bv four horses, with a mounted marshal, Edward O. 
Gaylor, in the costume of Lohengrin. The horses were led bv two 
pages, Hans Nietsche and Paul Lauter, and the heralds were Christo- 
pher Kreiner, Herman Nietsche, August Nehring and Ludolph Nehring. 
Germania was represented by Helene Hammann, Music bv Emma 
Nehring and Art by Elsie H. Stork. The float was designed by Rich- 
ard B. Eisold and decorated by Buchholz of S]:)ringfield. 

- ,. Primrose Lodge, No. 166, Sons of St. George, made a 
.^'t. «J3focoi' representation of that mythical character, St. George. 

The saint was personified in mailed armor, with helmet, 
sword and lance, and the banner of St. George was borne aloft. Thomas 
Roe represented St. George and Richard March and Samuel Tavlor 
two knights in black, one at either side of St. George, carrving sword 
and lance. There were two knights in civilian costumes, in the style 
of two htindred and fifty years ago, and wearing white helmets. These 
knights were Harr}' Frost and Harry Deplidge. There were two other 
knights in similar costumes, Fred Goodwin and Joseph Tomlinson. 
The float was elaborately decorated with flags and bunting, with the 
stars and stripes at the front and the union jack on the back. It 
was drawn by two horses, decorated with the national flag, and the 
horses were driven by John Wade. 

- , Cariawonke Tribe, of the Improved Order of Red 
Cribc, Men, contributed one of the most appropriate floats 
3 . *0. ll. .lia. q£ ^y-^q dav, representing a North American Indian 

camp scene, with hunters. On the float, which was 
drawn bv two horses, were the following: Pro|:)het P. S., William H. 
Carter; P. S., Joseph Fischer; Sr. Sagamore, Patrick Desmond; Jr. 
Sagamore, Joseph Torr; ist Sannap, William H. Strong; 2d Sannap, 
Simeon A. Spring; Buft'alo Bill, Adolph Sweeney and dog Jip; two mem- 
bers of Pocahontas tribe. Misses Fanny Russell and Lillian Fischer; 
voung scouts, Earl E. Chatel and Eugene L. Farland. The float was 
accom|)anied bv the following scouts on horseback: Jeremiah Malone}', 



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John H. Guvon, Joseph D. Mariz, Frank E. Jarvis, Samuel Michelman, 
Edmund M. Chatel, John G. Fischer, James J. Prokup, Michael Fitz- 
gerald, Richard B. Ennis, Thomas S. Carter, Martin Dwyer, Louis F. 
Gaylor, Samuel Spencer, Herbert Oborne, William A. Dwyer, Joseph 
Wilson, Joseph Parent, James Rayshall, Henry Rau, George W. Martin, 
Maurice J. Landry, Trefle L. Vasseur, John H. Longden, Robert M. 
McNaughton, John W. Regan, Michael Tobin, William F. Walsh, 
Thomas Fallon. 

Northampton Council, Knights of Columbus, No. 480, 
presented a float, representing a boat, with an ac- 
companying representation of water, waves, trees and 
land, the whole supposed to illustrate the landing of Christopher Co- 
lumbus in America. The four horses attached to the float were driven 
by Thomas F. Kearney, and the parts taken by members of the order 
w^ere as foUow^s: Edward J. Sheehey, Christopher Columbus; John E. 
Welch and John J. Reagan, Indians; John T. Curtis and Patrick W. 



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Sullivan, sailors; Michael li. Sullivan, Matthew J. Grogan and Joseph 
N. Dragon, followers of Columlnis. 

Meadow City Court, No. 72, Foresters of America, 
»ffoiirt jjroduced a handsome and elaborate float which at- 

'^^or^^ "^' tracted much attention, from its harmonious comhui- 
ation of colors and grace of drapery. 
This float was drawn by four horses and decorated with white 
cloth, with pink border, caught up by bunches of ground pine and 
pink roses. Colors, pea green, pink and white. The sides of the body 
of float were covered with cloth of the colors, the cloth being shirred, 
and where the colors met the lines were covered with pink and white 
roses. From the standard rose an elk's head, the standard being 
banked wath pink and white roses. From the elk's head streamers 
were run to the four corners of the float, where they were held by oc- 
cupants. On the streamers were these banners: "Liberty," "Unity," 
"Benevolence," and "Concord." In the center of the sides were gold 
arches, with this inscription, "Court Meadow City, No. 72." Chains 
of evergreen, intertwined with pink and white roses, w^ere in the front 
and rear. The occupants and their costumes w^ere Misses Katherine 
A. Torpey, Odna M. Polmatier and p:dith C. Polmatier, dresses of white 
trimmed with pink, white stockings, wreaths of pink and white roses 
on their heads. Miss Tor|)ey wore a golden crown. Alfred W. Law- 
ley and John W. Brav wore pink trousers, white blouses, white stock- 
ings, ]jink ties and pink hats. This float was designed and arranged by 
Guy M. Miller. 

Florence Commandery, No. 31, United Order of the 

iflornirc Golden Star, produced a handsome float, emldematic 

a°'S"'^S!"|. "^ Its name. Two horses with decorations drew this 

float. There was a large golden star m the center of 

the float, with four smaller stars at each corner. Streamers ran from 

the center to the outside star. The colors of the order, red, blue and 

yellow, were used in the color scheme. The occupants of the float 

were Miss Ahce A. Colgan, Mr. and Mrs. Luther O. Childs, Mr. and 

Mrs. Fred A. Martin, Roy W. Davenport,, Lilly M. Hart, Miss Ella V. 

Joyce, Miss Anna Le Due and Winfrid Le Due, John J. Talx'r George 

B. Chase. The ladies were dressed in white and carried red poppies. 

They wore golden crowns on wdiich were stars. The men wore white 

trousers, white caps, and l:)lack coats. Two little boys sat on top each 




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side of the large star. Master Kenneth Childs was dressed in blue 
trousers, white waist and blue sash and wore a crown. Alaster Howard 
Chase wore red trousers, white waist, red sash and a crown. 

St. Anne's Laches' Aid Society of Florence produced 
one of the prize floats of the day. This represented 
twent\--one voung ladies of Florence in a boat, out 
for a sail. Over the young ladies was a canopy of 
solid purple, relieved Ijy heavy puffed white posts, draped in purple 
and white, with the same color in costumes and festoons. The base 
was prettily and neatly draped in purple and white, and the ladies 
were all attired m white sailor costume, with purple anchors and sash 
and white outing hat with puri)le band. The society carried their 
own banner and one of the Father Mathew Society, of which they are 
an auxiliary. The occupants were Julia E. Heffernan, Katherine A. 
Hogan. Mame I. Miller, Delia J. Mcehan, Nelhe E. Lvons, Lizzie M. 
Marra, Lizzie I. Burke, Mame J. Burke, Mary E. Shaughnessy. Ella E. 




S r . Anne's Society 




C O U R 1 M I \ 1 i ' I W ( I I N , I- M K I ^ r E K S O K A M E R 1 < A 




*AOuf* 



^ -^f: U' 




Ancient Order of United Workmen 



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Bartley, Maud L. Kilev, Mame H. Coughlan, Mame J. Ahcarn, Cecilia 
B. Finn, Margaret T. Meehan, Anna L. Hogan, Nellie C. Finn, Josie 
E Whalen, Katherine A. Tobin, Annie G. Whalen, Lizzie I. Bartley. 
This float was designed for the society by the New England Decorating 
Company. 

Crescent Lodge, No. q. Degree of Honor, auxil- 
CrcsccnfUotioc j^^j-y to Hampshire Lodge, Ancient Order of 

^-'if^- United Workmen, Florence, had an attractive 

float which drew a prize from the judges. This float was drawn by 
two black horses, m harness trimmed with white. The decorations 
were lilac and white bunting, with wistaria and potted ferns. Ridmg 
on the float were Mrs. Jennie C. Condon, Mrs. Cora M. Chase, Mrs. 
Catherine Kelh', Mis. Hannah M. Bray, Mrs. Mary A. Kilbndge, Mrs. 
Hannah O'Conneh, Mrs. Nettie L. Richmond, Mrs. Emma J. Davis, Miss 
Frances E. Polmatier, the Misses Ceha M., Helen F. and Elsie M. Condon, 
Lottie Kellv Hazel Chase, and Master David J. Condon. The horses 
wore white' blankets, trimmed with lilacs and lettered with the name 
of the lodge. 

Northampton Grange, No. 138, Patrons of Hus- 
irioitbamyton bandry, produced an historical float showing a 

^'^'^"0'^ representation of the homestead of Lieutenant Will- 

iam Clark m 1659. There was a log cabin on the float, with a wood- 
land scene, drawn by two brown and two bay horses, with blue and 
yellow trappings and rosettes, and the occupants were Luther A. Root 
br Albert C. Rice, as Indians; Edward P. West as William Clark; and 
Mrs Edward P West and son as Mr. Clark's family; settlers, Cay ton 
S Parsons, Charles A. Sanderson, William Philhps. This float was 
driven by Josiah W. Parsons, a direct descendant of the old settler. 
Cornet Joseph Parsons. 

A very prettv float was that presented by Pride of 

pnticof Meadow Citv Circle, No. 3Q7, Companions of the 

^IcaDou) €itP porest, auxiliarv to the Meadow City Court, Forest- 

^'"*'"' ers of America.' This float was drawn by four horses, 

trimmed with bunting of mle green and white, and white and green 

roses with C. of F. of A., No. 397, on the blankets of the horses. The 

decorations of the float were green and white bunting, white roses 

and evergreens and silk American flags. The occupants were dressed 

.hite and were members of the Circle. The float was designed and 



m wl 



286 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

arranged by Misses Minnie A. Sclnillare and Mary A. Lester and Mrs. 
Julia E. Cox. 

This was a golden float, with four horses with 
■jtncicnt OrDcr blankets of gold and white, trimmings of vellow 

^of}^,„fn and white roses, trailing ])ine. There were eight 

gilded posts, with an anchor at each corner post 
and shields on the center posts, the emblems of the order. The arches 
on the posts were trimmed with yellow and white. There were about 
400 members of the society in line, representing College City Lodge from 
the center of the city and Hampshire Lodge of Florence. Those on the 
float were Miss Mabel L. Richmond, representing Protection, carrying a 
shield; Miss Florence E. McKenzie, representing Charity, carrying a 
wreath; Miss Elizabeth B. Lawley, representing Hope, and carr^dng an 
anchor; Miss Marie G. Cooney, representing Hope and carrying an 
anchor; and Miss Mabel W. Hillier, representing Chaiity and carrying 
a wreath. The members of the degree team wore sailors' suits, with 
blue shirts and white trousers, and were as follows: William Gates, 
John W. Bray, Patrick J. Nagle, George W. Hillier, Luther H. Tyler, 
and Henry G. Kelley. The float was designed and arranged by 
William Gates and Guy M. Miller of Florence. 

enterprise "'^ dainty and showy float was contributed by Enterprise 
•lioDgc, Lodge, Degree of Honor. It was trimmed with pink and 

white bunting and pink and white chrysanthemums were 
fastened with pink and white hows. The occupants were the following 
named ladies, wearing white hats, trimmed with pink roses: Mrs. 
Joseph Carnall, Mrs. William Gates, Mrs. Eliza J. Koeber, Miss Alice 
Flynn, Miss Annie B. Latham, Miss Mary G. Hartung, Miss Margaret 
O'Brien, Miss Eva M. Chesney and Mrs. Harry Lester. xV^so James J. 
Carnall and Alfred C. Chesney of Hampshire Lodge, A. 0. U. W. 

The Home Culture Clubs' float in the parade represented 

lt?omr a part of the class work. It was arranged in three tiers, 

Clubs ^^'^'^ trimmed with garlands of laurel, the colors being 

laurel pink and foliage green. Gn the highest platform 

was a round study table, upon which were lamps and books. Four 

men of as many nationalities sat around the table, studying under 

the tutelage of a student, in cap and gown. The pillars at the corners, 

which upheld the canopy, were supported by fine specimens of man- 



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287 



liood, who represented the ])h_\-sical culture work. On tlie second 
tier were members of the cooking class, making bread; of the waitress 
class polishing silver, and of the dressmaking class draping a lay fig- 
ure. On the lowest platform were little girls, representing the flower 
garden competition, dressed as flowers — pansy, sweet peas, ragged 
robin, forget-me-not, poppy and sunflowers. The costumes, made of 
crepe ])aper, were most realistic, the fluttering skirt, the hue of the 
flower represented the bodices and stockings of stem green. These 
little figures, standing each in her large low" flower pot, were among 
the prettiest fancies seen in the parade. Around the base was the 
Home Culture Clubs' motto, in black and gold, "The private home is 
the public hope." The whole was drawn by white horses, in green 
and rose-colored trap])ings. 




Some Florence Girls Come to Town 

The occupants of this float, rein-esenting class work, were Gustave 
Mimitz, Herbert Ingham, Antonio B. Ac^uadro, Osias Bergeron; gym- 
nastic work, Antonio Monteagudo, Rudolph Frenier, Edward Norman- 
deau, Henrv Cave; the waitress class was represented by Miss Cecilia 



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Fontaine; the cooking class by Miss Etta Leonard, and the dressmaking 
class by Misses Laura Bernier, and Adeline M. La Plant. Those repre- 
senting the garden competition were: Ragged Robin, Minnie A. Ash- 
wander; Golden Glow, Irene Martin; Forget-me-not, Mary M. Hines; 
Peony, Agnes Moran; Poppy, Lena Bernier; Sweet Pea, Dorothy Loi- 
selle; Pansv, Grace Maloney. 



.§>. *D. C 



The "S. O. C." social organization brought out a float, 
the lower part of which was trimmed with green and 
white, the latter color of poppies. The ladies wore green and white, 
and the two horses which drew the float were similarly decorated. 
Those on the float were Mrs. Robert H. Clapp, Mrs. Homer B. Miller, 
Mrs. Arthur H. Spear, Mrs. Arthur L. Morse, Mrs. James W. Reid, 
Mrs. John Hill, Mrs. Edward B. Arms of South Deerfield, Mrs. Mame 
Stocking, Mrs. James Lathrop, Miss Ethleen N. Hill, Miss Helen L 
Clapp, Master Floyd N. Reed, Master Robert A. Hill, Master Paul C. 
Knowlton. 




r R A n K /' L /I r s 

The line of |_)rocession closed with a showing of a few trade or 
mercantile representations, and there would have been many more 
had there been time to pre])are them. 

Manufacturer of cigars, made an exhibi- 
C.mothn3.^lancbficld ^^^^^ ^^^^^^.^^ attracted much attention, m 

showing an immense cigar, fourteen feet long, lighted and burning, 
with men in the process of manufacturing cigars. The float was trimmed 
with bunting and the occupants were: Cigar makers, Wmfield S. White- 
lock, Thomas F. Mahar, Orin Lashaway, Thomas M. Blanchfield, Tim- 
othy J. Blanchfield, John A. Parnell; Indians, John R. Lynn, Coleman 
W.F. Lewis, and James F. Carberr}.-. The float was designed and 
arranged by Timothy J. Blanchfield. The horses were trimmed with 
patriotic bunting and they were driven by Augustus A. Clapp. 

Had a one-horse-load of ladders, decorated 
XconarD .m. J^iorton ^^^^ bunting and flags, and driven by Frank 

Morrill, showing the ladder business. Another car, by the same party, 
represented Uncle Sam and Columbia and twelve boys and girls rid- 
ing in a "steel swing," "steel settee" and "rocker swing." The dec- 
orations were of bunting, evergreen and flowers, and the float was drawn 
by two horses, driven by Joseph Murray, dressed as Uncle Sam. The 
occupants were: Columbia, Alice Bridgman; John J. Dunn, Wilham 
Deady, Henry L. Cave, WiUiam Boss, Gallon A. Hinds, Arthur R. Camp, 
Newell G. Flood, Mary A. Dunn, Louise A. Nuttall, Hazel M. Flood, 
May B. Papineau, Bertha M. Porter, Gladys L. Duffey, Mabel E. Sweet- 
ser, Minnietta Edwards. 

The coal business was not neglected, as three 
i^.mbail .V Car, Co. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^p^^^. ^^ ^^^^^^ 

teams, in good shape. Kiml)all & Cary Co. had two wagons, one trim- 
med in bla'ck and yellow, driven by George Duft'ney; the other, trimmed 
in yellow and white, was driven by William Rea. 

The W. A. Clark Coal Co. appeared with a tandem 

Coafir'''^ team, handsomely decorated with flags and bunting, 

and the horses were driven by employes dressed in 

white. The men in charge were: Benjamin Boyer, EH Laframer, Jr., 

Dennis Cashman, William J. Hanlon, Dominique Loster, Myron L. 

Elwell. 



290 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

-»«,/ «■» .1 William H. Rice of Florence advertised the coal 

business, and his name in gilt letters was on the 
blankets of the two leading horses, the blankets of the horses being 
white. The float was trimmed in red, white and blue, with red pop- 
pies. The center was roof-shaped, with boys stationed at each corner, 
dressed in white suits and carrying shovels of white and gold. The 
whole float was trimmed so as to bring out the word "Coal." The 
driver was Frank E. Goodrich and the occupants were Robert H. Bray, 
Ralph E. Boynton, John H. Vickus and Raymond N. Ruiter. Guy 
M. Miller was the designer. 

One of the best trade exhibitions was made by the 
"^ ' La Fleur Bros., the Pleasant street painters. They 

put on a float representing the business of painting, papering, deco- 
rating, etc. There was a pyramid of paint pails and a representation 
of the earth, in a globe, upon which liquid paint seemed to be pour- 
ing slowly from a pail, and forming the various divisions of land in 
the eastern and western hemispheres, the inference being that So-and- 
So's paint "covered the earth." There was also a pyramid of wall 
paper. The float was of white, with red and blue trimmings, drawn 
by five horses in patriotic trappings, driven by William J. I^a Fleur, 
who also designed and arranged the float. 

Put on a very interesting float, which included 
Cftadcs iS. fine . v. i ^- i 111.. 

a mahogany bedstead 200 years old, being ten 

feet in height, about 5+ feet wide, and nearly nine feet in length. The 

posts and the bed drapery represented was of the style of 200 years 

ago. A high -boy and low-boy were also shown, at one time owned 

by the great-grandfather of R. H. White of Boston. A venerable 

old sofa and chairs completed the articles on the float. 

Sewell M. Elliott had a creditable two-horse 
float to advertise his upholstering business. 
It was decorated in white and yellow and was occupied by a dozen 
little girls, dressed in white. Little Irene H. Elliott, two and a half 
years old, sat under a canopy in the center, and she was dressed in 
yellow. The girls on the float were Maude E. Elliott, Mildred G. 
Elliott, Lizzie Seymour, Edna L. Tatro, Edith M. Sanderson, Esther 
E. McGrath, Ida M. Strong, Marion L. Briggs, Sultana B. Jones, Har- 
riet N. Evans, Ruth E. Selden and Maude E. Rickev. 



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3aincs i'. ,§>l)aimon 



James F. vShannon of Florence had a float intended 
to advertise his business as an agent of the Wheeler 
& Wilson sewing machines and his wife's dry goods Imsiness. The float 
was decorated with yellow and black cloth, and four little girls, prettily 
dressed, stood on the affair. Their names were Frances M., Anna H. 
and Hebn P. Shannon, Marcella C. Powers and Hazel M. Berard. Mr. 
Shannon and Gerald Lvnch were also on the team. 




J A M !■: 



Shan n 



Float 



?lmcrican 
«<l?vprr8S Co. 



The local express companies made a good represen- 
tation of their interests in the line. The American 
Express Company decorated one of its best teams 

with the national colors, and Frederick S. Roberts controlled the team 

as driver. 



■?lbams 
«i?i-prrgs Co. 



The Adams Express Company had one of its spare 
teams in line, handsomely decorated with flags and 
buntine. and Lewis L. Bartlett officiated as driver. 



PARADE MEMORABILIA 

It was not necessary for Chairman Irwin of the Parade Committee 
to head the procession to see that he was the "king pin" of the 
finest scheme of the kind ever worked out in Northampton. 

His aids all proved their title to the name, too. Most of them were 
engaged in the preparatory work. 

Almost evervbodv agreed that the old settlers' team from South- 
ampton should have drawn the first prize, and it w^as a pity it did not 
show itself farther down the street, in front of the judges' stand. 

The cordial, whole-hearted way m which the towns of Easthamp- 
ton, Southampton and Westhampton entered into the Celebration, by 
their display Tuesday, won the hearts of all Northamptonians, and 
there mav be an opportunity for reciprocity sometime. 

No place was more appropriate for the gray and grizzled veterans 
of the Grand Army than the position of hotior, leading all the soci- 
eties, in this parade. But for their heroic service, Northampton would 
probably never have cared to celebrate. 

The Irish-Americans, who have contributed so much to the up- 
building of the city — and some of whose names have been foremost, 
and becoming increasingly so, in positions of honor and business — 
were represented in the parade by a float of the Father Mathew soci- 
ety and a marching column of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, of 
which, unfortunately, pictures were not preserved or taken. The 
value which an advance preparation for this book would have had, 
is thus shown, in a striking way. Had the Executive and Finance 
Committee been sufficiently provided with funds, many interesting 
pictures could have been secured of this and other features of the parade, 
which would have been much appreciated in this work. It is a cause 
for congratulation that, considering the drawbacks, so much has been 
obtained as is here shown. 

The German people had one of the handsomest floats in the pro- 
cession, for which the national character, Germania, furnished the 
theme. The Germans were tmited, for once at least, and when they 
do get together, they make an impression. 

Edward O. Gaylor made an ideal Lohengrin, and many admiring 
glances were cast in his direction. 

The Sons of St. George proved their loyalty to their adopted 
countrv, in the part they took in the parade, and their j^resence was 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACI 1 ISirPTS 293 



a gracious recognition of the share which their ancestors had in the 
founding of this government. 

Pohsh and Itahan people were missed in the procession, but they 
w411 ])robablv be ready for and hkely to have an important part in the 
300th, or 275th anniversary celebration. 

Was there anvbody on Main street who did not see the parade ? 
Yes, there were a num1)er right on the street who did not see it, at 
least in its entirety, and if one had looked in at the press headquarters 
on Crafts avenue, he would have seen a corps of newspaper men as 
biisilv employed as if the greatest show ever in Northampton was not 
going on right under their noses. But they saw it through the tops 
of their heads, all the same. 

^ The Patriarchs Militant of the Order of Odd Fellows attracted 
much attention with their showy uniforms and fine marching. The 
college girls at the Elm-street boarding houses gave them hearty ap- 
plause and flung over them, from the balconies, long rolls of colored 
paper ribbon. 

It was sur].)rising how many people on the line of march stayed 
in their own homes during the [jarade. There was hardly a house 
closed on the route. Peo])le somehow seemed to have gotten the im- 
pression that crooks or thieves would get into their homes if they left 
them during the parade, and almost everybody stood guard over his 
"lares and penatcs " — his household gods or goods. This might have 
been caused bv the notice given from the police department, that 
people shotild lock their houses if they left them during the parade. 
Some folks were evidently determined to take no chances. 

Some of the people on the floats, with tender limbs and rather 
un\-ielding bodies, were bruised black and blue and lamed all over, 
bv standing posed on the floating, jostling, oscillating floats during 
the four-mile march. 

One of the prettiest features of the parade was the gathering of 
several hundred school children on the triangular green, in front 
of Smith College and their singing of patriotic songs and waving of 
greetings to Governor Bates and party as they passed in their car- 
riages. Those school chikhcn, many of whom will doubtless live to 
see the three hundredth anniversary, have many a pleasant picture 
filed away in memory's gallery. 



294 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

The decorated carriages formed one of the most appreciated feat- 
ures of the parade, and were the first exhibition of the kind seen in 
Northampton. Several previous attempts to produce such an exhi- 
bition had failed, which made the Celebration success all the more 
appreciated. 

Samviel S. Campion of Northampton, England, was the lion of the 
day, and after the parade he had more invitations to tarry awhile 
than he knew what to do with. As it was, he skipped Boston, which 
he had intended to visit, and spent another day in the city after the 
Celebration, visiting points of interest roundabout. 

Marshal Frederick G. Jager showed consummate skill by the 
manner in which he marshaled his procession of automobiles from miles 
around, and it was a good advertisement for the modern industry, 
in which he is interested. 

Although no portrait of the gallant General Seth Pomeroy is ex- 
tant, he was remembered in the parade, by his descendant, William 
C. Pomerov of Northampton, wdio simulated the General's ride forth 
to the battles of the Revolution. 

( Not since the davs of Major Longley, until this ]jarade, had the 

high sheiiff of Hampshire county worn a rosette in his tall hat. It 
made one think of the Major's gala days, to see Sheriff Clark out with 
the rosette. 

Colonel Williams, in uniform again, reminded many of the time, 
not so long ago, when he wore one in the service of his country. 

Among those who rode in the parade and enjoyed the affair highly 
was Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson, then almost gg years old and now 
over ICO, and a real Daughter of the Revolution. She with Austin 
Packard, who is g5, are believed to be the oldest persons in town, at 
the time of the publication of this book. Their portraits are given 
in this volume. 



A F T E R 



THE 



PARADE 



Following- the parade, jjcoijIc (lisjjcrsed gradually, in pait, manv 
returning to their homes, while others went to the various restaurants 
and hotels for dinner. Some went to the Home Culture Clubs' house, 
where exeellent fare was provided at a low priee, and manv more were 
entertained at the Masonic, Odd Fellows and other fraternal society 
rooms, where open house was kept for friends. Bv this means everv 
one was cared for somehow, and no one lacked such entertainment 
as could be afforded. After dinner, many stayed down town and 
others returned to hear the band concerts, and later attended the 
baseball game on the driving park. This latter entertainment, how- 
ever, was not a part of the Celeljration ]:)rogram, Tuesday, being 
arranged for as an independent feature, that day. 





Xoohiiui jfonvarD anD JBachwarD 

HOPE writes the poetry of the boy, but memory that of the man. Man 
looks forward with smiles, but backward with sighs. Such is the 
wise providence of God. The cup of life is the sweetest at the 
brim; the flavor is impaired as we drink deeper, and the dregs are made 
bitter that we may not struggle when it is taken from our lips. — Anon. 



There comes to me ovit of the Past 
A voice whose tones are sweet and wild, 
Singing a song almost divine, 
And with a tear in every line. 

Longfellow 



A man advanced in years, that thinks to look back U]3on his former 
life, and call that only life which was passed with satisfaction and enjoy- 
ment, excluding all parts which were not pleasant to him, will find himself 
very young if not in his infancy. — Steele. 



We look before and after. 
And pine for what is not; 

Our sincerest laughter 

With some pain is fraught; 

Our sweetest songs are those 
That tell of saddest thought. 

Shelley 



Behold we know not anj^thing; 

I can but trust that good will fall 
At last — far off — at last, to all — 

And every winter change to spring. 

Tennyson 



COLLATION AND POST-PR A N DLA.L 
EXERCISES IN THE PAVILION 



THE last function of the daylight hours was a semi-formal one, 
hcing the collation and s])eeches in the jiavilion at the rear of 
the Forbes library. The collation, furnished by lidwin C. 
Barr of Springfield, was ready about two o'clock, and could 
hardlv be called a formal affair, though the ])Ost-prandial exercises 
following might have been so denominated. About six hundred 
people, fullv onedialf women, gathered at the pavilion, and the affair 
resembled a huge family gathering, the assembly being plainly a 
meeting of descendants of the older families, for the most part, the 
members of whom had come together to talk and be talked to about 
old times. There were old familiar faces from every ])art of the 
country, and everybody seemed to be enjoying hunsclf. The spirit of 
the occasion was delightful, and fraternization was the order of the 
hour preceding the speeches. 

The general public were admitted on the west side of the tent 
and passed along to serving tables on the east side, the following menu 
being served : 

Ovstcr Patties Fish Croquettes 

Cold Ham 
Cold Chicken Cold Tongue 

Bread and Butter Sandwiches 

Vegetable Salad Rolls Celery Salad 

Cake 

Ice Cream Coffee 

There were two enclosures of seats, and persons receiving the first 
course took scats on benches in the first enclosure, tnitil they had dis- 
posed of their first helping. Then, returning their plates, they re- 
ceived the second course and with it returned to seats in the second 
area, where they remained to hear the music and speeches. 

On the ])latform was a table extending across the full wfidth of 
the tent, at which sat the speakers and guests of honor. Judge Will- 
iam G. Bassett, the toastmaster, sat at the center of the table, facing 
the listeners, and Governor Bates sat at his right hand and Mayor 
Hallett at his left. The Northampton Band, which furnished music 
at intervals, was placed at the rear and left of the toastmaster. The 
press representatives sat behind the toastmaster and the other invited 
guests were on the rising tiers of seats beyond. 



298 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



At the table with Judge Bassett, Governor Bates and Mayor Hal- 
lett, sat the following: Congressman Frederick H. Gillett, Alderman 
Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England, Christopher Clarke, 
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, Mayor Arthur B. Chapin of Flolyoke, 
City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, Timothy G. Spaulding, William A. Steven- 
soru -Ernest W. Hardy, Councilor and Mrs. Frederick S. Hall of Taunton, 
Councilor and Mrs. Edwin R. Hoag of Chelsea, Councilor and Mrs. 
George R. Jewett of Salem, Councilor and Mrs. Walter S. Watson of 
Lowell, Councilor and Mrs. Arthur S. Lowe of Fitchburg, Executive 
Secretary and Mrs. Edward F. Hamlin of Boston, Private Secretary 
and Mrs. Francis Hurtubis, Jr., of Boston, Mrs. Henry C. Hallett, 
Mrs. John L. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin, Principal Clar- 
ence B. Roote, Superintendent of Schools Jacob H. Carfrey, Louis 
D. Gibbs of Washington, Town Clerk Joseph W. Wilson, Selectmen 
Jairus F. Burt, George S. Colton and John Cullen and John N. 
Lyman of Easthampton, Aldernien Edward J. Jarvis and John J. 
Kennedy, Thomas F. McCabe of Holyoke, Robert W. Lyman, Dis- 
trict Attorney Dana Malone of Greenfield, Judge Loranus E. Hitch- 
cock of Chicopee, Colonel Embury P. Clark of Springfield, Principal 
Joseph H. Sawyer of Williston Seimnary, Easthampton, Rev. Dr. L. 
Clark Seelye, Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose and ex-Mayor Arthur Watson 
of Northampton. 

P O S r - P R A N D I A L E X E li C 1 S E S 

FOLLOWING the collation, and music by the band, Judge Bassett, 
as toastmaster, called the assembly to order, speaking as follows: 
" This occasion is, as a family gathering ought to be, a jubilee 
of the heart. Fondness and admiration for the old town have been ex- 
pressed by every one attending the exercises. One thing seems to have 
impressed all more prominently than anything else, and that is the 
broadness, the true catholicity, of the exercises thus far. The orations 
of yesterday, able, scholarly, instructive and fascinating, dealt broadly 
with their subject. It is true that we have been studying the lives of 
the men and women of the past, but if any one came here — as prob- 
ably no one did — to hear his particular ancestor or his particular 
family singled out and glorified, he was destined to be disappointed. 
Northampton as an entity is the keynote of these exercises. 



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299 



" It was suggested in the Spring- 
field Kcpithlicaii of Sunday that 
the 'essence of the best New Eng- 
land flavor was still alive in North- 
ampton. This is especially grati- 
fy hig to those who, not born here, 
have shown their discrimination by 
selecting this as a place of residence 
and of business. They have, in a 
sense, taken the places of some of 
those sons of Northampton who have 
been lured from their goodly heritage 
by the hope of riches or renown, or 
the hope of being more useful, m 
some more needy field. 

"Among those who have' selected 

Northampton as a place of business 

and a ' home, prominent is Henry 

C. Hahett, and Northampton has reciprocated —it has elected him 

Mayor, and re-elected him for this^'year of jubilee, and he will now 

speak to vou. His Honor, Mayor Hallett." [Applause] 




Jui. 



William G. Bassett 



BDDress of Welcome bv? /Ilbav?or Iballett 

Mr. Toastiiiastcr and Friends of North- 
atnpton: 

The quarter-millennium whose close t 
we commemorate means much to an 
American community. It has witnessed 
the concpiest of a wilderness and the 
birth of a nation. It has seen a new 
people formed from men of many races. 
It has seen new theories of government 
become established facts. It has seen 
that nation take first rank among the 
powers of the world and that people 
become the teachers of the peoples of 
the earth. 

In all these things Northampton 
has had her place and her people have 
had their part. The history of America 
and of Massachusetts is her history, and 



i 



» -SSIfc 




Mayor Henry C. Hallett 



300 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



with their deeds she has had to do. Sons and daughters of North- 
ampton have won distinction in the Commonwealth and the Nation, 
and their names are not without honor wdiere American history is read 
and American institutions are studied. The names of Joseph Haw- 
ley, Seth Pomeroy, Caleb Strong and Isaac C. Bates have no small 
place in the history of Massachusetts, and we of Northampton delight 
to recall their deeds and to honor their memory. 

And yet a just appreciation of the meaning of this occasion demands 
that we give especial thought to the unnumbered thousands whose fame 
was never known outside the limits of this community, and the names 
of the greater part of whom are today unknown even here. No man 
can lead if he have not earnest followers, and the wisest cannot teach 
those who do not understand. It is to the intelligence, the enthusiastic 
determination, and the steadfastness of the great mass of the "plain 
people" that Massachusetts and America owe their historv; and therein 
Northampton has taken and today does take no second place. The 
fertile and wide-spreading meadows, which are and have been always 
Northampton's proudest natural attraction, drew here two hundred 
and fifty years ago the pioneers of the new civilization; strong, earnest 
and determined men and women, broad-minded and enlightened. Dur- 
ing all her early life Northampton was a farming communitv, and today 
this industry is one of our best beloved, and the descendants of the 
early settlers still till the soil their fathers broke. The passage of time 
has brought the addition of the trader, the manufacturer, and the 
mechanic, and all the states of the nation and all the countries of the 
earth Rave contributed their part to the slow but steady increase of 
the numbers of our people. Yet the same spirit that erected the school- 
house with the meeting-house has grown stronger with the passage of 
time. The enlightenment of her people and their appreciation of the 
advantages of learning have come to make Northampton especially 
distinguished and everywheie known. Today her sons and daughters 
and the foster children of her schools give effect to her teaching in all 
the earth. 

To them, wherever they are, and especially to those of them who 
come back today to the old home after years of absence, we give this 
message and this assurance. Though time has changed the outward 
appearance of Northampton so that the eve mav hardly recognize one 
familiar feature, and though the faces of our people are as the faces of 
strangers, the atmosphere we breathe has undergone no change. North- 
ampton is today a modern city. The men who control her destinies 
are men of enterprise, advanced in thought and action. And the face 
of things has changed. But the spirit of the men who established this 
community and maintained it in its early years is the spirit of our 
people today. We have prospered measurably in the goods of this 
world, but wealth has brought no unseemly ostentation. The ideals of 
plain living and high thinking, that made Northampton a distinguished 
New England communitv vears ago, are our ideals. 



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To the ancient city of Northampton in England, which confers 
upon her namesake the distinguished honor of otiicial representation 
in the person of one of her most illustrious sons, we present the assur- 
ance of our most affectionate regard. 

To the Commonwealth, which honors us with the ]jresence of her 
distinguished chief magistrate, we extend the greetings of a loyal sub- 
ject and a devoted daughter. 

And to our returning sons and daughters, to our friends, and to 
the stranger within our gates, we give a most heartv welcome. 



Judge Bassett. It is very gracious on the part of His Excellencv 
the Governor to sav adieu to the Ancient and Honorable Artillerv and 
to the Legislature, and to come here, where he was so much desired 
and where everybody always is delighted to see him. 

Northampton once furnished a Governor of Massachusetts, and 
the only reason she has not been furnishing Governors ever since is 
because the supplv is far in excess of the demand. If Governor Bates 
was our very own by birth or by adoption, he still would not be our 
Governor, he would be the Governor of the Commonwealth, but we can 
claim him as consistently and as fully as any section can. 

I am not aware that the power of the Governor has been diminished 
in these modern times, except that a statute has taken away the right 
and privilege and duty he formerlv had of issuing a proclamation for 
a day of fasting and prayer, but there has been compensation for the 
loss by a judicious exercise of the veto power, which renders fasting and 
praver less necessary. [Applause and laughter.] 

It gives me great pleasure to ])resent to you the gentleman for whom 
you are waiting. His Excellency, Governor John L. Bates. [Ajjplause.] 

BJ)&re66 of ©ovcrnor J6atc5 

]\Ir. Chainiiaii: 

I have not seen anv opporttmities to exercise that choice prerog- 
ative to which vou have just referred since I came among )-ou, and 
unless I get back to Boston pretty soon, I am afraid my right hand will 
forget its cunning in that respect. 

There has been no occasion, as representing the Commonwealth, 
for me to criticize anything that Northampton has done. It seems 
strange that I should come here representing the mother and find the 
daughter two hundred and fifty years old and the mother considerably 
less. [Laughter.] And yet I sujjpose that the relationship is, never- 
theless, that of a parent and a child. Certainly I have had the fond 
feeling that a parent must have as I have looked upon this beautiful 
city in the midst of its festivities. I have been almost amazed at the 
magnitude of this Celebration ; it has been such a revelation of the 



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Governor John I^. Haji..- 



civic spirit, of the interest in the 
pubhc welfare, on the part of your 
people. 

I was pleased to attend your exer- 
cises in the church, where I heard 
you offer prayer and praise for all 
that had been accomplished in these 
two hundred and fifty years, on the 
old site where for two hundred and 
fifty years, well nigh, voices have 
ascended to God, asking for His 
blessing upon this new people on 
the western shore. I thought it was 
very appropriate that you should 
follow it with the concert of song and 
praise, in recognition of the wonder- 
ful Providence that had guided you 
throughout your history. I was 
pleased to listen to the eloquence of 
those who spoke to us in the Acad- 
emy yesterday, telling the proud 
story of Northampton's history, and it was also a pleasure to look upon 
that magnificent parade today, that also indicated the history of this 
people, in those artistic floats, indicating that which had been for the 
defence of the people in the bodies of the militia, and indicating pros- 
perity" and the progress of the times in that last, almost silent, but 
beautiful division of the automobiles. 

It has been to me fitting, therefore, as I have gone over the history 
of the past in my mind, that we should come here for pretty nearly the 
close, to enjoy the good things together and to realize that we had been 
a wonderfully prosperous people. 

My good friend with whom I am stopping told me the other night 
that I would be expected to say some word for the Commonwealth. 
I felt something as Governor Long said he felt when he began his address 
yesterday. There is nothing left to be said upon Northampton. There 
is nothing left to be said upon the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
And I began to think as to what the Commonwealth was and to ask 
myself the ciuestion, "What is Massachusetts?" And as I began to 
think I fell asleep, and I had a dream, and there was a mysterious 
genius came to me and beckoned me, and I followed him through the 
woods and the wilds until we stood on a lofty mountain. And I said, 
"Who are you, strange creature?" He said, "I am the genius of 
Mount Tom. I have heard your question, 'What is Massachusetts?' 
and it is my pleasure now to reveal to you this that we call Massachu- 
setts." He said, "Look far away." And I looked far away. He 
said, "Away off there in the east you see that Hne of silver. That is 



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the breaking sea." "Well," I said, "is Massachusetts in the sea?" 
"No," he said. "For thousands of years old ocean has raged upon 
this coast, but there was no Massachusetts then. Massachusetts is 
not in the sea, but in the men who left their homes beyond the sea 
and bore all those perils, leaving all behind, that they might come and 
settle here and amid conditions of freedom and liberty. Hear them," 
he said, "as they utter those words so pregnant with meaning, 'It is 
not wath us as with men whom small things move.' You see the 
rock," he said, "u])on which they stepped." And 1 looked upon the 
rock, and I said, "Is that Massachusetts?" And he said, "No, that is 
not Massachusetts. Age on age it has stood there, but the finger of 
faith that rises from it and points forth to the heavens, in that vou 
may see something of Massachusetts." He than drew my attention to 
the beautiful valley that lay almost at our feet. I saw the winding 
river; I saw the mountain walls whereon God had hung his picture, 
and I said, "Is Massachusetts in this magnificent river?" "No," he 
said, "Massachusetts is not m the river, but it is in the men who 
have chained the river and caused it to carry the chariots of manu- 
facture for them." And then I heard a terrible sound of groaning 
of men and the sound of guns and the clashing of steel, and I said, 
"Is that Massachusetts?" "No. Massachusetts is not in the battle, 
but in the spirit of the men who, on this land, long ago, fought 
with the savage for a foothold, from Concord bridge and all the way 
down until they stood on the bridge at Santiago, fighting for hu- 
manity and humanity's claims. That is where you will find Mas- 
sachusetts." So he drew my attention first to one thing and then to 
another, and finally he said, "Beyond ten thousand buildings, all 
over those eight thousand scpare miles, that is sometimes wrongfullv 
called Massachusetts." And I said, "Is Massachusetts in the build- 
ings?" "No; but see what is in the buildings. It is the spirit of 
men and w^oinen who are teaching the deaf and dumb to hear and 
to speak and the blind to see and the lame to walk, and in those 
other instittitions where the flower of womanhood of the land is 
gathered, where the young men of the land are gathered, and where 
now they are placing upon memory's walls the choicest gems of science, 
literature and of art. Just there," he said, "you will see something 
of Massachusetts." Then I looked below, and I saw the spires still 
pointing heavenward, as the finger of faith did from the time of that 
first settlement on Plymouth bay. And then there came a tremen- 
dous crash. It seemed as though the very heavens were opening, 
and I waked up, and it was only Thompson's battery firing for the 
salute yesterday morning. [Laughter and applause.] And I came 
out, and I walked up and down these streets, and I saw the colors 
everywhere, indicating the patriotism of this people, and I thought 
they had a right to float them aloft, for they had done much to 
maintain them in honor. And after that I went upon your hill- 
tops and I saw the institutions that crown thein. I saw this great 



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educational institution over here on the left. I saw the homes 
everywhere situated so beautifully, the city without a park, and yet 
the entire city a park, and it seemed to me as though my question had 
been answered ; as though I saw the embodiment of Massachusetts 
right here in Northampton, this American Beauty Rose of New Eng- 
land cities, that seems to blossom with deeds of charity and benev- 
olence and of education and of faith. 

So may it be now that we may have cause not only to congratu- 
late you on the past and to express our congratulations on the present, 
but also for all future ages. [Applause.] 



Judge Bassett. A book has been named, "When Knighthood 
Was in Flower." Knighthood now is in flower and in full bloom right 
here in Northampton. We have a son of Northampton, from good old 
stock and thoroughly educated, an expert in his profession, who on a 
great occasion showed, what all his friends knew before, that he is a 
great man — Admiral Cook, whom I have the pleasure to introduce 
to you. 



IRemarfts of B&miral Cooft 

Fclloii'-Toivjismeii , FelloK'-Toiciisivomcii, Former Friends and Associates: 
It is good to be with you today and to know that, after an absence 
of forty years or more, I am still welcome in my old home. [Applause.] 

It is not the policy of a demo- 
cratic people to maintain large and 
expensive navies, but one is required 
which may be relied upon at all 
times to protect vour interests. The 
navy should not be behindhand in 
material nor ships, and certainly 
not in a personnel thoroughly trained 
to use that material to the best ad- 
vantage when required to do so. 
The navy has alwavs done its duty 
in all wars and maintained the respect 
and the confidence of the people. 
I may not now dwell upon its deeds. 
Every schoolboy knows them from 
his histories, and will emulate them 
if he gets a chance. 

I remember in my boyhood of 
hearing a story often told of two 
eccentric characters in the old town. 
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David and Isaac. David caught a cat which had been preving upon his 
chickens and tied it to a stake. He asked from Isaac the loan of his 
gun. Isaac, who was considerable of a wag, loaned him an old musket 
which had been loaded and reloaded by mischievous boys nearlv to the 
muzzle. David had the cat tied to a stake and took aim and fired. 
The shot scattered, it cut the string, the cat ran away, but David turned 
a double somersault to the rear. [Laughter.] He turned to Isaac and 
said, "Did I kill the cat?" "No," said Isaac, "there goes the cat." 
"Well," said David, "but she wotild have been dead if she had been at 
this end of the gun." [Laughter.] 

We should look to it that our guns should be loaded with the best 
material, and when we find a cat preying upon our chickens or in the 
henery, that we may not merely make a big noise and blow a hole in 
the ground, but that we shall destroy the enemy. 

May our youth continue to be interested in otu- public schools, 
that every star and every stripe of the old flag may mean freedom and 
happiness to a united people, that in their manhood thev may ever be 
ready to fight for and to defend it, and in old age to honor it and to 
respect it. [Applause.] 



Judge Bassett. Before Columbus discovered xVmcrica there was 
chartered in England the old town of Northampton. 

We are fortunate in having a goodly representative of that old 
town, which, calling our own town the mother, may perhaps very well 
be called the grandmother, here today, and it gives me great pleasure to 
introduce to you Hon. Samuel S. Caminon of Northampton, England. 

IRcmarfts ot /llbr. Campion 

]'our Honor, Jitdi^c Bassett, Ladies ami GeiitleDieu, Friends: 

Before I came here I visited your grand miracle of nature, Niagara. 
You remember that above both the American and the Canadian falls 
there are tremendous rapids, forces of nature it is impossible to calcu- 
late, turbulent waters rushing, racing, conflicting in measureless energy, 
until at last they pour in boiling force over the abyss of the falls. My 
mind, during my presence with you, has been very much in the seeth- 
ing state of those rapids. It has been the scene of a conflict of con- 
verging and various thoughts and feelings which it was impossible to 
express, and if I attempted to throw upon vou the whole force of 
those converging, conflicting and tumultuous energies, I am afraid the 
result might be fatal. At any rate it is a picture of my mind, and the 
difficulty with me is how to draw from the tangled tumult of thought 
two or three consecutive ideas which may convey in some sort the 
feelings which animate me as the representative of vour mother in Old 
England. 



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S A M C K L S . C A M !• I <) N 

Nonhampton, England 



How old am I ? It is said that 
a man is as old as he feels and a 
woman as old as she looks. 
[Laughter.] Well, I feel something 
like a thousand years old. I am, 
in fact, the heir of all the ages at 
Northampton. I am speaking 
from the mind of a thousand 
years and more to you. I dare 
not trust myself to fix the date, 
because historic records, perhaps, 
will not carry us far beyond one 
thousand or twelve hundred years 
with regard to the age of your 
respected mother. I am looking 
upon you through the eyes of a 
thousand years, and those eyes in 
looking upon you cast their glances 
of intellectual life, which reveal to 
vou, in the old country, in the 
very heart of the Midlands of the 
Old England, ancient Britons with their equivalents of wigwams, Saxons 
and Danes, contending for the spoils, in the early settlement of your 
mother. They bring you a picture of the Norman conquest, when Will- 
iam the Conqueror took possession of ancient Northampton, for it was 
then amongst the leading towns of the old country, as it is today, and, 
as I told an audience of your school children yesterday, he did what all 
wise men do, he gave that treasure into the hands of a woman, his 
niece Judith. He married her as a matter of convenience to the last 
Saxon earl of Northampton. She was the first Norman countess of 
Northampton, and Northampton practically owned her sway, so that the 
town paid its allegiance to one of the mothers of our race. And I might, 
but for fear of wearying you, carry you down the avenues of history and 
tell you how Northampton has always been prominently and domi- 
nantly associated with the religious ideas. When Judith's husband 
was put out of the way, William the Conqueror wished her to marry 
one of his Norman earls. But he was a gentleman who, though pos- 
sessing a brave heart, had unequal shoulders, some kind of deformity, 
and the lady preferred a proper man, as she said, to one who was not 
exactly physically an Adonis of beauty, and William the Conqueror 
married the knight to the daughter of Judith. Her daughter was named 
Maud. 

Now, Simon de St. Liz, first earl of Northampton, was a brave 
crusader, and when he came back from the crusades one of the first 
tributes he paid to the Providence he held had spared his life through 
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307 




Old C h r r c h , N o k t ii a m v t o \ , En g i. a n d 




memorials of the jjast in the 
shape of the round church built 
on the pattern of the round 
church which was erected over 
the reputed tomb of our Lord 
in Jerusalem. And so your first 
Norman earl stamped the relig- 
ious idea upon your mother city 
by building upon it the archi- 
tectural representation of the 
church which stood over the 
tomb of our Lord, and there 
the Church of the Holy Sep- 
ulchre stands today. He also 

monastery, dedi- 
Andrew, as a 

Cluniac Order of 
Either he 



established a 
cated to St. 
branch of the 
Monks, in France 



I X T E K I o R (Chancel) 



, m 

or his son, more probablv his 
son, also built the Norman 
church of St. Peter, in the town. 
Both chinches are something 
like eight hundred years old. 
Some of you have seen them, 
and I hope more of you may 
live to see them. They stand 
as a living memento of the 



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religious spirit which underlaid the early settlement of your mother 
citv. And whv do 1 mention that circumstance? Because, as I 
heard from our good friend, Doctor Rose, on Sunday, and as I have 
heard through innumerable channels since, the founders of this settle- 
ment here were men eminently devout, wedded to the truth as they 
believed it, servants of the Lord and citizens of the kingdom of God, 
and that this settlement was founded upon the religious idea ; religion 
helped to found it, it was the religious spirit which lay at its root. 
And now let me continue that line of thought a little further. 

Old Northampton never lost the thread of that religious spirit. 
When John Wycliffe, the Star of the Reformation, rose in. his beautiful 
brightness — and the star is still shining throughout the world — North- 
ampton was the home of the Wycliffites, and John Wycliffe's ashes were 
laid to rest in the neighboring church at Lutterworth, only to be dug up 
later by his opponents, and those ashes were cast into the Avon — Shakes- 
peare's Avon — and from the Avon carried to the Severn, as good Thomas 
Fuller says, one of our Northampton worthies, and from the Severn 
carried into the Atlantic, so that it might be an emblem of his truth, 
and by the Avon, can we refuse to believe, that spirit was carried across 
the Atlantic to the new world ? And then the Lollards came, and North- 
ampton was the home of the reforming religionists known as the Lol- 
lards. And then Puritanism arose, and Northampton was the home of 
Puritanism, and may I say, just to make a little quarrel with our friend. 
President Seelye, in his magnificent address of yesterday paid tribute 
to the elements that went to the building up of this Northampton of 
today, but he omitted one thing. He omitted to refer to the seed corn 
to which we owe this Northampton of today. I stiggest there would 
have been no Northampton but for the old Puritans who came out from 
the Old Northampton, and in your new settlement here your settlers 
were only carrying out the apostolic succession of the religious idea, 
the simple faith, sturdy independence, strong conviction, the sturdy 
purpose, the inexhaustible endurance, which they had learned from 
their Puritan ancestors in Old Northampton, and I am sure President 
Seelye will be the first to recognize the philosophic truth of historical 
continuity and will be ready to admit that New Northampton is but the 
child of Old Northampton, and that in the very best sense of the word. 
[Applause.] 

Still further, and I trust you will pardon me; I trust I may not be 
wearisome or tedious, but I want you to know something of my own 
old city, your mother, that perhaps you do not know as much about 
as it is desirable you should know. The Puritans in those days 
were Cromwellians. Cromwell slept in an old house still standing in 
Northampton, the night before Naseby, and we lost our town hall by 
order of Charles the Second, because we sheltered the Parliamentary 
party. Naseby, the crucial fight of the war, practically, which ended 
in a victory by the Parliamentary party, was fought within twelve or 



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fourteen miles of our Northami.)ton and Northam|.)tc)n men fought in 
that fight. Since that time we have had grand men of the same noble 
spirit of whom you have been able to boast; your men, our children. 
There was Philip Doddridge, whose hymns you sing; there was William 
Cowper, who, not a man of Northampton, wrote for Northam])ton and 
lived within a dozen miles; there was John Ryland, another notable, 
whose hymns I have no doubt are to be found in your hymn book ; there 
was William Carey, the shoemaker, founder of modern missions, the 
man who made shoes and preached, just as your early pastors worked 
upon the farm or handled the musket and preached. And so, friends, 
you see that there is a very real tie existing between Old Northampton 
and your New Northampton, because of the spirit wdiich animated the 
founders, there was a derivation from the spirit they had learned from 
their fathers in our old town. And I should like to say that this spirit 
is still maintained in your mother city. Our churches and chapels will 
compare with the churches and chapels of any community of similar 
size and character in the world. Our workers, religious workers, are as 
earnest and devoted as any, and at our last religious census Northamp- 
ton stood high for its number of inhabitants that were to be found 
Sunday by Sunday paying their tribute, singing their praises and offer- 
ing their |3ravers to the Almighty. So that the old spirit still lives in 
the old town which still holds aloft the banner of civic and religious 
libertv which is vour boast and our boast and which makes you and us 
absolutclv one. 

But I am coming to a still stronger point which unites us and makes 
us one and which 1 trust will make you men of New Northampton proud 
of vour mother in the old country. I am speaking from the heart of 
England. Northampton is in the very heart, the center, of our old 
countrv, and I mav even presume to say that Northampton in Old 
England is the hub of England. Well, now, let us see in this regard. 
Well, m the first place, I hope President Seelye will give me plenary 
absolution that I have trespassed upon his view of things. I now have 
to ask His Excellency Governor Bates to give me plenary absolution 
for another heresv I am about to propound. I am going to submit it 
to you to sav whether that heresy does not represent the orthodox 
truth. 

Northampton was chartered in 1533 and in 1546 the Mayor of Old 
Northampton, your mother city, was named Lawrence Washington. 
[Applause.] He was the direct 'ancestor of your George Washington. 
[Applause.] Within six miles there is a little parish church in the 
parish of Great Brington, one mile from Althorp, the seat of Earl Spen- 
cer, the possible next Premier of England, — I am one of those who 
hope it may be. Earl Spencer is a member of a great and noble family 
who married into the familv of the Washingtons. The Washingtons 
and Spencers intermarried, and in that church there he the remains of 
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want to say, and I trust you will pardon the egotism of the suggestion, 
that the fact of a Washington having been Mayor of Old Northampton, 
of that ancient city, fits me to come here and represent the old town. 
There is another reason why 1 feel there is a peculiar fitness in my 
representing the city, for the dust of my father and mother, as I told 
one of your audiences the other day, rests in the graveyard where the 
remains of Washington's ancestors are laid, only they lie in the church. 
They were persons of quality. The dust of my father and mother lies 
outside the church, but I think you will agree with me that in either 
case the soil is equally consecrated, for I can say: 

"My boast is not, that I deduce my birth 
From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; 
But higher far my prov:d pretensions rise — 
The son of parents pass'd into the skies." 

That is William Cowper. [Applause.] On his mother's picture. 
But I share the glory with William Cowper. 

On that Washington tomb there is a brass bearing the coat of arms 
of the W^ashingtons. Some of you know what that coat of arms is. 
There are the stars and there are the bars. We gave you the stars and 
stripes. [Applause and laughter.] I decline to allow you the monopoly 
of them. [Laughter.] I am happy under the banner of the stars and 
stripes. I am equally happy under the old union jack. [Laughter.] 
In either case I feel they both belong to me and I belong to them. 
[Applause.] 

Well, vou see we gave you George Washington, and now comes my 
point. You say Boston is the hub of the universe. Where would 
Boston have been if it had not been for George Washington ? [Laugh- 
ter.] Well, heaven only knows. [Laughter.] As Northampton gave 
you George Washington, if the republic was founded by George Wash- 
ington, that is, I mean in a metaphorical sense, he was your great leader, 
the father of your country — if Northampton gave you the father of 
your country, then I say Boston must no longer usurp the position it 
claims of being the hub of the universe. It must give place to North- 
ampton, and you ladies and gentlemen of New Northampton, after this 
do not play second fiddle to Boston, because it is a family affair. [Ap- 
plause and laughter.] Washington was a member of your family, not 
a member of the Boston family. It is the family of Northampton which 
has given you and me the father of our country, our country, and, 
therefore, I trust the syllogism will be considered complete, the argu- 
ment as perfect, Northampton, the hub of the universe. [Applause.] 

But I am going fitrther. [Laughter.] I have not done with our 
claims. A friend, just before I came into the tent, told me that his 
ancestors came from Badby. Now, I know Badby well. It is a village 
which had a Danish origin. The very "by " at the end of the "Badby " 
shows it had a Danish origin. All the names in the old country ending 
in "by" may be confidently traced to Danish origin. We belong to 



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that village of Badby. It is within about ten or twelve miles of North- 
ampton. And you had a man named Benjamin Franklin, whom I 
have always called the Philosopher of the American Revolution. He 
came, or his father and mother came, or his ancestors, and I almost 
think it was his father and mother, from the village of Ecton, five miles 
from Northampton. That is comparatively a stone's throw. We gave 
you the father of your country, we gave you the philosopher of your 
Revolution, all from Northampton. 

Then we gave you General Garfield, the man wdiose death was so 
much lamented, as much lamented on our side as on yours. Nowhere 
was it that tears, sorrow and sympathy were given more freely than on 
our side, at the lamented death of Garfield, yours and ours, for these 
glories never fade. 

And then we gave you Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, gave vou 
not only founders, philosophers and statesmen, but poets. Henry 
Wadsworth Longfellow, on his mother's side, came from Long Buckby, 
a large village within ten miles of Northampton. There again we claim 
to score. I tell you that in being the daughter of Old Northampton 
you men and women are citizens of no mean city and have reason to be 
proud of your origin. As Wordsw^orth sang, we that remember the past 
can sing with him with equal fervor and sincerity and truth, 

" In our halls is huno- 
Armoury of the invincible knights oi" old: 

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue 
That Shakespeare spake: the faith and morals hold 
Which Milton held. In everything we are sprung 

Of earth's first blood, have titles manifold." 

And so I trtist that the ties of blood, of sympathy, of relationship, 
all of which I have shown you exist in a verv strong degree, in a notice- 
able degree, as I hope, may grow stronger and stronger as the years go 
by, and that whilst you sing the praises of the early settlers, the brave 
adventures of devoted men of progress, apostles of civic and religious 
liberty, you will cast a friendly thought and look across the ocean to 
your mother city, that you will feel an affection for her that may not 
die. 

I can assure yoti of this, that we at Northampton shall regard this 
Celebration with the greatest interest. You may depend upon it, my 
tongue and my pen will alike take care to be exercised in conveying to 
our friends there what a happy and useful time we have had together, 
and how much I myself have enjoyed it. But I feel that it is only 
typical of the union of hearts that should grow, that ought to grow, 
that must grow, between the two great English-speaking peoples on 
either side of the Atlantic. To me differences, excepting those that can 
be adjusted by peaceable means, differences that might be carried to 
arbitrament of the sword, would be nothing less than fratricidal crime. 
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ancestry, on the ground of a common tongue, on the ground of a com- 
mon hterature, on the ground of a common rehgion, to stand together, 
shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, in the great work of regenerating 
humanity, in reclaiming the world from the ways of barbarism and 
strife into the peaceful triumphs of industry and fraternity. 

I remember in the dark days of 1861 and 1865 how as a youth 1 
watched the struggle here with as much — I think I may say, I hope 
without presumption — with as much interest and sympathy as even you 
yourselves could have done, and I remember how glad we were when 
the Union was preserved and this great nation, saved from the cata- 
clysm of division, was at last brought together, united, in order to 
march forward to greater triumphs in the cause of progress and civiliza- 
tion, and we trust that that union may be only a type of the union 
that, even in a fuller sense, may be established between the Anglo- 
Saxon races on both sides of the Atlantic. 

I remember that at that time there were some words of Longfellow 
that appealed to me very strongly, and which appeal to me today, which 
I should like to apply to the unity of thought and spirit which should 
be maintained between us : 

"Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! 
Sail on, O LTnion, strong and great! 
Hiiinanity with all its fears, 
With all the hopes of future years, 
Is hanging breathless on thy fate! 



" 'Tis but the flapping of the sail. 

And not a rent made by the gale ! 

In spite of rock and tempest's roar, 

In spite of false lights on the shore. 

Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! 

Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. 

Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, 

Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, 

Are all with thee, — are all with thee!" 



It is my pleasure to read a telegram from the Mayor of Old North- 
ampton. I received it, I may say, yesterday morning, but it was thotight 
better that it should be reserved for this occasion, and I therefore now 
read it. It is addressed to myself: 

"Alderman Campion, care of Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts. Con- 
vey to the Mayor, City Council and the inhabitants heartiest greetings from my- 
self, the Council and Burgesses of Northampton, England, on the two hundred 
and fiftieth anniversary of settleinent of our namesake American city." 

[Signed] Lewis, Mayor. 



Judge Bassett. Will you allow the continuity of this vocal music 
to be interrupted by a piece of instrumental music ? It will be admissi- 
ble to stand during the music, if you desire. [Music by the band.] 



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Judge Bassett. Although our Northampton is so young compara- 
tively, she is the mother of three fine daughters, Westliampton, South- 
ampton, and Easthampton. From the youngest of them comes to us 
Dr. Joseph H. Sawyer, principal of Williston Seminary, Eastham|)ton, 
who will now be heard by you. 



IPiinctpal Sawder's IRemarhs 

Mr. (liainnau. His Honor the Mayor, Friends and Ncii^hbors: 

It is certainh' very kind and very considerate in you, after hearing 
so much about Northam|_)ton, to be willing to sit i)atiently and hear 
anvthing about people who are called by another name than North- 
ampton. 

As your Toastmaster has said, 
there are three of these younger 
Hamptons. They form a trio of 
daughters of whom the mother mav 
well be proud. You have asked a 
representative from the voungest of 
the three to speak for all. I should 
be remiss, quite forgetful of what I 
know my neighl)ors in these towns 
cx|)ect of me, cjuite regardless of m\ 
own feeling, if 1 did not here and 
now, in their behalf, convev to voti 
and to those who have acted in vour 
stead, our grateful recognition of the 
consideration that vou have shown 
to us. We thank you for the cordial 
invitation to participate in the fes- 
tivities of this occasion. We thank 
N'ou for including us in the home 
circle. We feel at home. Although 
separated for a term of years, w^e still 
feel in a way that we are coming 
home when we come here. 

It is more than one hundred and fifty years since Southampton was 
incorporated; more than one hundred and twenty-five years since W^est- 
hampton separated from Northampton. It is nearly one hundred and 
twenty years since Easthampton called its first pastor and built its 
town-house. Those of us now here had no part in that separation, but 
the record that has been left us is sufficient to show us that the separa- 
tion did not come because of jealousy. It was done with no bitter 
feeling. There has been no cause, no good reason, for bitterness since 
then. The separation in each instance came because the convenience 




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of the communities chiefly interested would be thereby most perfectly 
served. 

And yet it ought to be said here today that these towns diei not 
separate from Northampton simply for that reason. They went from 
Northampton for Northampton's good. The proof of that is to be found 
in that spurious logic which consists in a supposition contrary to the 
fact. Imagine, if it is possible for you, now so weary, to imagine any- 
thing, imagine what would be the condition today if Northampton had 
these three towns to care for and their pleasure to consult in addition 
to West Farms, Loudville, Smith's Ferry, Leeds and Florence. In 
that case I think the higher critic, if not the philosophic historian, 
would find in this municipality the origin of that classic rhyme about 
the careworn old mother who lived in a shoe. 

Northampton, in deed if not in word, I think, has recognized this 
service which these towns rendered by going away. She has seen that 
they were always well supplied with representatives in the Great and 
General Court and with an abundance of occupants of all kinds of offices, 
and whenever the suggestion has come from one of those communities 
that this was not c^uite fair to lay so much upon the mother and they 
were ready to assume some of the responsibilities of the case, the assur- 
ance has always come back that we could still return to our farms and 
our merchandise, for over here there was a long waiting list. [Laughter.] 

One hundred and fifty years and more since these separations 
began. That has been time for the writing of much history. This 
municipality in that time has grown to a beautiful, prosperotis and 
well-ordered city. The other Hamptons remain towns. There the 
original New England democracy may be found in its proper form and 
untainted purity. There is not only government of the people and 
for the people, but literally and truly government by the people. 

A change has come over the face of the ground that these towns 
represent upon the map. They have grown, taken as a whole, for they 
have grown in population and have increased in wealth. There have been 
changes of localities, there has been shifting of centers, but taken as a 
whole they are more populous and more prosperous today than in that 
earlier time. The farms are as well cared for on the whole. Certainly 
the merchandise, the conveniences, offered in the shops, are as varied 
and as complete in satisfying the wants of the community as were those 
of a former time. In all these ways these townships have held their 
own. They are not declining. They are not decayed towns. 

But there has another change come which makes us all serious. 
The towns of Westhampton and Southampton are today, as they were 
one hundred years ago, not so fully as one hundred years ago, but still 
in large measure, homogeneous. New names appear upon the rolls of 
the assessors, and names other than those of the original New England 
inhabitants may be found in those farmsteads. One hundred years 
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it was vastly more so than today, but still Westhampton and vSouth- 
ampton have remained essentially agricultural, and the artisans there 
found are such as are necessary for the convenient service of such com- 
munities. Easthampton, on the other hand, has developed manufac- 
turing interests of some importance. This has brought about a change 
in the character of the population. Today representatives of twelve 
nationalities have homes in Easthampton, and if we include those who 
are there for temporary residence, we could increase that number to 
fifteen. Now, I need not enlarge upon the seriousness of that situation. 
In epitome it is the problem which confronts the nation, the assimila- 
tion into the body politic of such increasing additions of those who 
come to us with ideals of home and of country differing in many respects 
from those which we have held in honor here. We face it with no over- 
weening confidence, certainly with no boasting. And yet we are re- 
solved to solve it satisfactorily, for cjuestions not settled rightly never 
give a community peace. Our reliance is the reliance of our fathers. 
We know no modern method for meeting this case, although the prob- 
lem is a modern one. Our reliance is on the school and the church, with 
all that those two institutions represent. We do not desire, we do not 
seek, citizenship that is clannish and devoid of conscience, and so, while 
through our schools we seek to secure a community speaking a common 
language and having common ideals of home and country, we seek 
through our churches allegiance to the same higher law and recognition 
of the same God. The people in those towns, in the main, are a church- 
going people. The institutions and the ordinances of the house of 
God they revere, its lessons they will heed. And so it is our hope, 
our faith, that we shall see there, as in other parts of this fair land of 
ours, the citizenship homogeneous at least in this, that all shall recog- 
nize that liberty under law is the only liberty worth having [applause] ; 
and a community and neighborhood homogeneous at least in this, that 
each shall find the security of his own rights in the recognition of the 
rights of others. 

This two hundred and fiftieth anniversary closes a chapter of history. 
We shall open the next, satisfied with the past and full of courage for 
the future. [Applause.] 



Judge Bassett. The last speaker has mentioned Smith's Ferry, 
and we may be thankful for that institution, for it caused a good woman 
who was mother of a numerous family to select Northampton as a place 
of residence. She said that wdiereas formerly when they wanted to get 
from Brooklyn to New York they went down to the shore and took 
down a tin horn from a tree and blew it, and the ferryman swung his 
boat over leisurely and took the passengers across; now all that had 
given place to the Brooklvn bridge, which she did not like. But up in 
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ferry and see a beautiful landscape before vou and all around vou, and 
Northampton is a place where no one is lost to help make a throng. 
Naturally we are thankful for Smith's Ferry. 

Doctor Henry T. Rose, who will now address you, pastor of the 
First church, wdiich has been in existence about as long as the town, 
and who is a successor of Jonathan Edwards, needs no introduction 
here. 



Afr 



IRcinarhs of IRev. Dr. IRose 

Master oj the Feast, Friends ami 



Citizens oj Western. 



Chairman , 
Massachusetts: 

I infer from Judge Bassett's suggestions that I have been in exist- 
ence about as long as the town. It is a libel on my grav hairs. In 
point of fact, when you celebrate your two hundred and fiftieth anni- 
versary you have to go outside and get us boys to come inside here and 

talk to you. There has not a single 
man spoken to you here today who 
was born of one of the first settlers, 
and we all come in from the outside 
to help you celebrate your glorious 
anniversary, and we do it with full 
hearts. 

Reference has been made bv our 
honored guest from Northampton, 
England, to a hero known in history 
as William the Conqueror — if it was 
not Lieut. William Clark, it was Will- 
iam the Conqueror. I am glad he 
did not tell us all he knew about him, 
for if he had he would have stolen 
the only story I have. 

It is said that when William the 
Conqueror landed, as he stepped 
from the boat by which he was car- 
ried from his ship, his heel caught in 
the rim of the boat and he fell into 
the edge of the water, and the soldiers 
and seamen were frightened, for it was an ill omen. But he laid hold 
upon the dripping sands and held them high and said, "So by the 
splendor of God do I take possession of the soil of England with both 
my hands." So by the splendor of God do we take possession of this 
town of Northampton. 

The blue and the gray are harmonized at length and sweet peace 
unites them. Now today the blue and the red are one, and tonight we 
are to be the guests of that gracious circle, the Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, closing under the sweetest auspices a Celebration of 




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wonderful felicity and success.^ I asked one of the ([ueenly women 
that belong to that lovelv throng what D. A. R. stood for, and she told 
me it stood for "Daughters of the American Revolution." "Yes," 1 
said, "but the initials might be interpreted to mean 'Deep Ancestral A 
Resentment.'" But today I know what it stands for, namely this— / 
the "Development of Affectionate Relations." [Applause.] 

As I stand here I am thinking almost all the time of that great 
address that was delivered in the First church on the two hundredth 
anniversary of the founding of the town. His Excellency just now- 
remarked that everything had been said by former speakers, Init if >'ou 
will permit me to say so, nothing has been said yet about all our story. 
A o-reat deal remains to tell, and I wish he had told more of it, although 
wlfat he said was inimitable. When the Rev. Dr. Allen, of blessed 
memory, who is now with God, delivered that address, he lamented the 
limits assigned to him in time, for the committee had allotted him only 
two hours', and he had overrun the time a little. 

I want to refer once more, with your kind ])ermission, to Dr. Seelve's 
admirable summary of what has come to the town in the way of gifts 
and endowments. ' One thing there was not time to mention, or the 
Doctor wdiose memory is inerrent, would have spoken of it, the hrst of 
all our' benefactions, 'the fund left by Major Hawlcy, also of blessed 
memory, for the cause of education in Northampton. He provided for 
the continuance of the grammar school as long as the township should 
endure, and he directed that no part of his bequest should be ahenatcd 
to any other purpose, strongly recommending to the people-- his will is 
down here in the court-house, anybody can look at it, a precious docu- 
ment—that the schools be managed with fairness and hberality, and 
that men of learning and abihtv be employed to teach. He made these 
provisions because he had the greatest affection for the lads of North- 
ampton , and for obligation to his country and the town that had honored 
him so highly. When the new Hawley grammar school is built we want 
so much of that will as seems fitting inscribed in some permanent form 
m a conspicuous place in the entrance to that monumental building. 
Come again, then, friends, and help us consecrate that monument to the 
memory of Major Joseph Hawley. 

The astonishing hberality of this people, their charity and their 
self-control, have been celebrated here this afternoon. In all its history 
this town has been famous for the generosity of its public actions and 
for the tolerance of its spirit. We have had divisions, but, as was said, 
we had no witchcraft i)rosecutions. We have had schism, and we 
have parted with tears and sadness from dear friends, yet even m those 
hot days wdien England and America were at strife, although there 
were many men here who sympathized with the mother country, they • 
were permitted to enjoy tlieir principles pretty much to themselves. 
At that time the town was engaged in building a new jail. The very 
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was one of them — were incarcerated and spent the night in it on 
account of their tory principles. And these distinguished prisoners 
sent out for the sheriff — I am sorry to say he is not with us today, 
but representatives succeeding him in that high office in this and other 
counties are here present — and the sheriff took in something to drink, 
and they had a glorious night, and the next morning the men were 
discharged and permitted afterwards to exercise their right to private 
judgment and sympathize with King George or Brother Jonathan to 
the end of their days. This is as near as the patriots came to per- 
secution. 

Is there nobler praise than to call this a town renowned for liberty, 
education, enlightenment and religion? May its star never be dimmed, 
but grow the brighter in our heavens to the end of time, and may we 
all be worthy of citizenship in so fair a place. [Applause.] 



Judge B.\ssett. It must be true that no speaker born in North- 
ampton has been heard here today, because a truthful gentleman has 
said so. I believe it is said that poets are born and not made, and it 
comes about by a kind of poetic license, it seems, that the hero is made 
and not born, for Admiral Cook, who has spoken, says that he first saw 
the light in Northampton. 

Dr. Rose. It is the everlasting glory of Northampton that Admi- 
ral Cook first saw the light here. May he long see the light among us ! 
But what I had in mind was that nobody who has spoken for the town is 
descended from the first settlers; of that I am c^uite sure. 

Judge Bassett. The next gentleman you will listen to is allied 
to a good old Northampton family and is, I believe, the grand-nephew 
of Hon. Isaac C. Bates, who was United States senator from North- 
ampton. It was one of the great privileges a few years ago to hear his 
honored and lamented father here, and it is also a privilege for North- 
ampton people to hear our own Congressman, the Honorable Frederick 
H. Gillett. 

/Iftr. (31llett'6 IRcmarfts 

My Friends: 

1 feel that the patience and politeness with which vou have so long 
sat in these hard seats and listened prove conclusively that you are true 
and genuine descendants of those stern Puritans who always thought 
the minister was trifling with them if he preached for less than two 
hours [laughter], but I shall endeavor to reward your patience by modern 
brevity. 

I feel that I am very fortunate today, as was alluded to by the chair- 
man, in that I feel the interest in Northampton and the admiration and 



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pride not simijly which I sup- 
pose every representative does 
for every town and city which 
has been kind enough, and I sup- 
pose he thinks intelhgent enough, 
to select him [laughter], but I 
have also the personal interest in 
it that I was brought u]) and edu- 
cated to feel that Northampton 
was one of my ancestral homes. 
My father's father died when he 
was a small boy and Mr. Bates 
took the place of a father to him. 
It w^as in his office that he studied 
law here. It was in his home 
that he lived, and when he began 
to practice for himself he w^ent to 
his kinsman, to Wilham G. Bates 
of Westfield, and he always 
brought me up to look back to 
Northampton as his original fam- 
ily seat. And so I have always 
considered that I, too, had an 
interest in her and that I was a descendant of Northampton. 

I was interested to notice that Mr. Bates, who represented this 
district for many years in Congress, as well as the United States Senate, 
represented very much the same district that I do. It was then called 
the Hampden district, and it consisted of Hampden county, the entire 
Hampden countv and a large part of Hampshire county. I was also 
interested to notice that at the same time that my great uncle on my 
father's side represented this Hampden district, my mother's uncle 
represented the Berkshire district, so that you see I have a sort of 
ancestral and inherited tendency towards Congress [laughter and ap- 
plause], and I believe a man is not blamed so much for the viciousness 
which he inherits as for that which he has acquired. So I trust I shall 
be pardoned. 

At that time, although in the early thirties it was that Mr. Bates 
was congressman here, Massachusetts had thirteen representatives, just 
as she has today, but those thirteen represented only forty thousand 
people, instead of two hundred thousand, as it exists today. That, 
of course, is but one statement of the great change m numbers that 
has been ' going on. But after all, we know that size is not all that 
makes a man or that makes a city. 

Perhaps some of you will remember the story of Sheridan, who, 
when a rich London merchant once invited him to drink a glass of very 
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that direction, and as the merchant was uncorking the bottle, covered 
with the dust of ages, and expatiating upon the w^onderful age of this 
wine and its rare quahties, and then poured it into a very rare, costly 
and dainty glass, a glass of it, and handed it to Sheridan, who, I sus- 
pect, cared rather more for the size than the quality of his wine, looked 
at the glass a moment and said, "I have no doubt the wine is as old 
and as rare as vou sav, but isn't it rather small for its age?" I am 
sure we will have to accept the criticism, if it be one, but after all we 
can remember, with Ben Jonson, that 

"It is not growing like a tree 
In bull: doth make man better be. 
In small proportions we just beauties see, 
And in small measure man may perfect be." 

I think that is true. I know it is certainly true of cities. We can 
l:)tit appreciate the almost invariable rule that as a city grows n size, 
it departs from perfection. Certainly today Northampton, with its 
beaut V of scenery, its perfection of location, its refinement and cultiva- 
tion of citizenship, and its excellent government, illustrates this line, 
"In small proportions we just beauties see." It is only true of cities 
that in small measure we mav perfect be, but certainly your city may 
stand as a pattern and example to all. 

But these Western cities, which have grown so fast and which illus- 
trate, of course, the progress of the age, it is really to them, I fancy, 
that the stern old ancestors of two hundred and fifty years ago, if they 
should come back, would look with the greatest surprise. We, of 
course, have been thinking for the last few days what would they say 
if they could revisit the earth, and I am sure the one thought we have is 
the astonishment and surprise that they would feel in seeing this old 
city. But, after all, I fancy that it is the nation that would surprise 
them most, and I suppose it was rather on that line that I was ex- 
pected to speak. It is not simply the power which we show here in the 
city over all kinds of material agencies, it is not the great development 
of steam and electricity and so forth, which were practically unknown 
to them, which would most excite their astonishment, because, after all, 
they were stern and serious men, and the one question they would ask 
would be, "What is all this material growth? How has it affected the 
men of today? Are the thoughts and principles which we came here 
to establish developed, or have they, in this wonderful material change, 
decayed and fallen away?" This is what they would ask, for, after all, 
it was their serious, determined, grim spirit of self-reliance which ac- 
complished, achieved the nation of today. I am afraid if we saw them 
today we should think they were not in every way agreeable associates. 
I confess I have always remembered with great amusement that toast 
which Mr. Choate once gave to the Pilgrim Mothers. He said, "The 
Pilgrim Mothers, more w^orthy of our admiration than the Pilgrim 
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Fathers did, but they liad to endure, in addition, the Pilgrim Fathers 
themselves." [Laughter and applause.] And I suspect that those 
grim old Pilgrim F'athers had some qualities which we would hardly 
think admirable. But after all they had the basic qualities which today 
really have made our nation. The one thing which they would see today 
with pride and with satisfaction I suspect is that, go where they may 
over all this country, they would find embodied in the constitution of 
every state the principle which drove them from home, which made 
them leave comfort, security and luxury, the principle of the right to 
worship God as they pleased and to govern themselves. [Applause.] 
That is still embodied in our national constitution and in all our states, 
and as they observed that, as they saw that this whole nation was still 
devoted to their basal principles, I think they would take more satis- 
faction than in all the triumphs over space and matter we have achieved. 
And after all that is the only power that we have accomplished ; the only 
miracle, I think, of our nation is that this principle, planted here by 
these few immigrants from England, that this one principle has pervaded 
all the men that have come in here from other nations; it has brought 
them together, it has made them as homogeneous as they are, and, 
although differing in almost every respect, we still stand firm and true 
by that one principle which they recognized as fundamental and which 
we still recognize as fundamental, and as we look back to them I think 
we may still remember that it is their principle that has enabled us to 
achieve all our progress; it is their principle that unites this nation, 
and we may still turn back to them and trust that w^e may still hold 
fast to their principle and that we may imitate their stern and unbend- 
ing and determined plan that they would yield nothing for the rights 
of self-government. [Applause.] 



Judge Bassett. Northampton w^as a fine old town when Smith 
College was located here, but it cannot be denied that Northampton 
owes much to the coming of Smith College, with its faculty of cultured 
gentlemen and ladies and with its great and splendid success. But 
Smith College owxs something to its environment, and each may felici- 
tate the other. No town and gown here. There is no conflict. A 
member of the faculty has just been elected by one of the great political 
parties delegate to its national convention to nominate a candidate for 
President of the United States. The gentlemen of the faculty are citi- 
zens of Northampton as well. Much is owed by the college, and much 
is owed by Northampton to the only and distinguished president of the 
college, who, by his ability as a leading educator and as a business man 
has contributed so largely to this result. You will hear, as you are 
always delighted to hear, Dr. L. Clark Seelye, the president of the 
college. [Applause.] 



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IPiesiDent Seelvc'6 IRemarhs 

Mr. Toastmasier, Your Excellency the Governor, ]'our Honor the Mayor, 
J''ello'a'-C'itiz.eus of Northampton: 

If I failed to recognize in the brief address which I had the honor 
of making yesterday the older city to which our lineage and name have 
been traced, and thus justly incurred the criticism which has been ex- 
pressed by our distinguished relative from England, in not alluding as 

I ought to have done to our much- 
respected civic grandmother, I can 
only say in apology for the apparent 
neglect that it seemed about as much 
as I had strength to accomplish, or 
the audience patience to listen to, to 
go over the record of two hundred 
and fifty years, without attempting 
the record of a thousand years which 
our guest from the mother country 
says he represents today. [Laughter 
and applause.] 

Let me, however, strive to make 
amends for my apparent neglect 
in giving him another item to take 
back to our grandmother and to add 
to her luster. He has recounted how 
much we are indebted to her, how 
she is the hub of England and ought, 
therefore, to be the hub of America, 
and he has referred to a distinguished 
woman, the niece of William the 
Conqueror, to whom our grandmother owed so much of her glory and 
accomplishments. But the gentleman failed to recognize how much 
the respect for woman due to that distinguished ancestress runs in our 
blood [laughter] so that here in Northampton has been founded one of 
the greatest institutions for the education of women in the world. 
[Applause.] Let him carry back to our grandmother that tribute to 
her primitive respect for womanhood. 

I have read somewhere, I cannot now say where, that in one of our 
early settlements — I think it was in Virginia — a petition was made to 
the legislature that grants of land should be given to the wives as well 
as to the planters, for they said, "In a new plantation it is not known 
whether man or woman is the more necessary." [Laughter.] In the 
spirit of that petition Smith College was founded, because in a new or 
old plantation it is not known whether the intelligence of a man or of a 
woman is the more necessary. Sophia Smith at least believed that the 
intelligence of a woman was as well worth cultivating as the intelligence 




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of a man [Applause]; that woman was (luitc as useful, <iuite as ini])or- 
tant, in any community as a man. She had much to justify her Ijelie 
in the history of our eitv. 

We have heard a good deal during the past few weeks of our debt 
to Jonathan Edwards. There was a person m Northampton who is 
not so celebrated m history or in poetry, to whom this city and we, its 
inhabitants I ventuie to say, owe more than to Jonathan Edwards ' for 
where would Jonathan Edwards have been but for his grandmother 
Esther Stoddard, hist known as Esther Warham Mather, ^Who married 
at sixteen the first minister of Northampton, with whom she lu'ed ten 
years, beaiing him three children; who married then the second minis- 
ter of Northam|.)ton, with whom she lived fifty-nine years, bea ing him 
eleven children — fourteen in all — seven sons and' seven daugliters; 
and then survived him seven years and died at the age of ninet*y-two' 
Her descendants number more than four thousand, and some of them 
are among our most distinguished citizens, men in all the learned pro- 
fessions — senators, judges, governors, one of our vice-presidents trace 

their lineage to that noble woman, who at the verv beginning of our civic 
life impressed her personality upon this citv in 'a wav that will never 
cease to be felt. [Applause.] When woman manifests uch a])ilitv as 
this, is she not worth educating? 

I recall another woman. It has been said today we never had any 
trial for witchcraft. We had one. Mary Parsons was once on trial for 
witchcraft. She had previously been on trial for slander. The woman 
who accused her said, "Let us leave it out to referees." She said, "No, 
I will go into court." She accordingly faced her accuser, convinced 
the judges, and her accuser was fined. " Eighteen years after the same 
Mary Parsons was tried for witchcraft before he' courts of the Com- 
monwealth. She faced again her accusers, went into court and plead 
her own case and won again the victory. No one ever heard anything 
more of witchcraft in Northampton af'ter that. [Applause.] Slie was ^ 
doubtless a bewitching woman. [Laughter.] / 

There is another woman to whom we are greatly indebted, whose 
biography gives us one of the most interesting pictures of Northampton 
life — Anne Jean Lyman, to whose son we owe the Academy of Music 
and the Lyman Plant-House. Women like these fostered the spirit out 
of which Smith College originated — the spirit for which Smith College 
today stands. 

'I will not weary your patience, however, at this late hour, by any 
extended remarks about Smith College. Let me simplv sav, in conclu- 
sion, that the young ladies of Smith College wait in delegations at the 
college houses to show the strangers and visitors here any objects of 
interest which they may desire to see. They will speak for S'mith College 
more eloquently and effectively than its president can. 

I heartily sympathize with what was said today by our presidino- 
othcer. There is no antagonism here between the town' and the ^^own^ 



324 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

perhaps because the gown is worn by those who ought to wear it. 
[Laughter.] I hope there never will be. 

I trust that the union which now exists will be perfected and the 
resources of the college enlarged, possibly by some of these bachelor 
friends here who may be stimulated by the examples of their prede- 
cessors, so that in the future she may become a still greater light and 
blessing to mankind. [Laughter and applause.] 



Judge Bassett. Ladies and Gentlemen: The committee ap- 
pointed by the City Government to invite speakers stopped with Doctor 
Seelye as the last speaker, not because of any lack of material. There 
was an embarrassment of riches, and the committee unanimously select- 
ed these eight gentlemen to whom you have listened. There are many 
more, very many more, who could, in a like eloquent, instructive and 
entertaining manner, address you. If you will hear, I will introduce 
to you a gentleman whom, if he speaks, you will be very glad to hear, 
and I introduce him because a lady, a distinguished daughter of North- 
ampton, has sent up her card on which these words are written, "Can 
we not hear from Col. Parsons, the direct descendant of the first man 
born here. Cornet Joseph Parsons?" [Applause.] We will hear Col. 
Parsons. [Applause.] 

Dr. Seelye. Let me say, before Col. Parsons arises, that Cornet 
Joseph Parsons was either the son or husband — 

CoL. Parsons. Husband. 

Dr. Seelye. The husband of Mary Parsons, and united with her 
in her prosecution. 

Colonel iparsons' IRcmarfts 

■Mr. Toastmaster, His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Mayor: 

I have sat here and enjoyed this entertainment more than I have 
any other entertainment hardly in my life. I was not called upon to 
speak; was not expecting to. Now, what shall I talk about, was my 
first thought. 

This is the celebration of the good old city of Northampton. Just 
as the party who sent up the card says, I was born right over here, and 
my father before me, within a stone's throw of this college. My father 
had, as they used to have in those days, a family of eight children — five 
boys, three girls. He married, as he thought at that time, late in life, 
at the age of twenty-eight. Otherwise he would have had his number 
up to ten, which he always desired to have. He told his sons that he 
had lost six years of his life, and before the sons and daughters reached 
the age of twenty-two, they took his advice and were all married, and 
they had families, and we used to gather here at the old homestead. 



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325 




Ci)L. JiisKFH B. Parsons 



( I said to Mr. Hammond here, " I have 
two nieces here from out of town. 
Can I l)ring them up on the platform 
here?" He said certainly, and I 
went out and you see there was a 
crowd of eight came poking up here. 
Now Northampton has been my 
home, but I have been away from 
here for a number of years. It is the 
prettiest town in the old Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts. Not only 
the people of Northampton believe 
it, but most everv one that has ever 
visited this old town agrees with me 
on that. 

Northampton had for her fathers 
men of stern integrity. As a boy I 
looked up to those old leaders and 
moulders of public opinion. I was 
reading Gov. Long's address as I 
came up on the train this morning 
and he says we grow stronger, if I understood it, better, greater 
men today. From my standpoint I can hardly believe it. 

When the war broke out, when Sumter was fired upon, why, these 
old men here — Hopkins, Delano, Osmyn Baker, and a lot of them — 
clubbed together and led the men in drilling in your old town hall down 
there, and the consequence was that the old hall rang with patriot- 
ism. I can see Osmyn Baker now, as he walked up the aisle and said, 
"Young men, young men, go to the front!" The consequence was 
that the old militia company that I was a member of before the war. 
for twelve years, the young men, wanted to go. These men with families, 
they were business men, doctors, merchants. When the young man 
determined to go he went out with that old company, and he said, 
"Gentlemen, you are excused for the present. Here are two hundred 
men that want to go into the old company." The old company was 
filled up. The first provision for the war from the western part of the 
state was one hundred and one men, and from the old company in this 
town twenty-seven commissions were issued and twent3'-one men 
brought back at the close of the service. 

Now, Mr. Toastmaster, it was not the soldiers that wiped out the 
rebellion. There were three classes. There were the Old Guard that 
backed the boys up, and there were the women of the war. What 
women there were in the war ! I remember as I came off the battlefield 
of Fair Oaks a Mrs. Trotter as she appeared for the first time, just as 
I did, and took care of me on the voyage from the White House to 
Boston. I never have seen her since. 



326 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Then there was the Old Guard. Osmyn Baker was my ideal of the 
men of this town. He had an only son. He was in college. He had 
urged the boys on. The boy was just graduated at Amherst College. 
He couldn't remain at home. The father's principles were so instilled 
into the boy that he enlisted and followed the fortunes of the army of 
the Potomac. I met him a number of times. He was connected with 
the Fourth Artillery. It seems to me I can hear the order of Burnside 
come down through the years, "Hold the bridge at all hazards 1" then 
the tremendous cannonade and the musketry and smoke, and as the 
battle cleared away the cheers for the Union, instead of the rebel yell. 
But at what sacrifice ! And Baker yielded up his life in that glorious 
stiuggle, and died as a soldier ever would love to die, if die he must, 
fighting and dealing the enemies of his country what they deserved. 

Now, sir, who suffered the most, the Old Guard or the young men? 
You can read his record on yonder tombstone, "Fell at Antietam, aged 
twenty-two." We read in the Bible that Methuselah lived nine hundred 
and sixty-nine years and then passed away. Young Baker lived longer 
and did more. He helped save this great Union of ours, and when I 
think of the elder Baker, that that was his only son, and he must go on 
living and go down to the grave mourning this son ! 

But time has passed. Forty years have passed, and now we glory 
that young Baker went out and that your cemetery holds his remains, 
as it holds the remains of other Northampton sons, making it doubl}' 
sacred. 

My comrades of the army, you who are here, how thankful we 
should be to the God of Battles that we are permitted to live to see this 
day and enjoy these festivities and see the great growth of the country. 
Our comrades who fell, all the way from the streets of Baltimore to the 
surrender of Appomattox, were not permitted to behold this glorious 
day. This country by their valor was saved. The new fiag, now 
saluted in all lands and on all waters, is the flag of the world, the 
glorious flag of the world, an emblem of liberty and the home of all 
nations, of those who desire to come here and make themselves true 
citizens. I thank you. [Applause.] 



Judge Bassett. In your behalf I thank the lady who sent up 
the card. 

The exercises, according to the program, end here. The band 
will play three more numbers and will be glad to have you remain and 
hear them. 

This was the program rendered bv the band : 
March: " Temple of Industry " ....... Bond 



Overture: " Caliph of Bagdad " 
Waltz: "Under Southern Skies" 
" Tannhauser March " 
Selection: "Bedelia" 
Two-Step: "Navajo" 



Boil die It 

Car I to n 

Wagjicr 

Arr. by O. R. Sutton 



LETTERS OF R E G R E T- 



THE following letters of regret were received from i)rominent 
men w4iom it had been hoped to have present at the Post- 
Prandial exercises and address the gathering in the Pavilion 
The motives which led to the selection of these inchvitUials are referred 
to in an earlier ])art of this work, imder the head of committee work. 
The replies to invitations were as follows ; 

ffrom tbc Secretary^ to iprestOcnt Cbarlcs lUl. Eliot — 

(Jf Harvard University 

President Eliot regrets that the pressure of his miiversity duties 
during the closing weeks of the academic year would make it impossible 
for him to visit Northampton on the day of your Celebration, and that 
he must therefore decline your kind invitation to the banquet on June 7. 
Thanking you on the President's behalf, for your cordial invitation, I 
am ver}' truly yours. 

The following letters of regret were received : 

3From Senator Cbauncev} /lb. 5)epe\v _ 

C)F Nkw Youk 

I am in receipt of your very attractive invitation to be present with 
vou on Tuesday afternoon, June 7. As I have an address to deliver on 
June g, in the West, it wilfbe impossible for me to come; otherwise 
nothing would give me greater pleasure. 

dfrom ipresiDcnt G;imotb\? Dwigbt _ 

C)f Yale University 

I beg you to accept my thanks for your very kind letter and for the 
invitation from your committee for the banquet on June 7, but regret 
that I shall be unable to be present on the occasion, that I am sure will 
be of much interest for all the citizens and descendants of Northampton. 
Assuring vou and your associates of the committee of my very high 
regard, I am very truly yours. 

3from 3\\i)c>c 3obn iproctor Clarhc — - 

Of New York 

I have received your courteous invitation to be one of the post- 
prandial speakers at the bancpet on the afternoon of June 7. I appre- 
ciate the courtesy and honor of the invitation, but I am compelled by 
the pressure of judicial work to decline. I do not see how I can get to 
Northampton at all for the Celebration. Trusting that the festivities 
will be most successful, and with many memories of the old town in 
which my people have lived so many years, I am very truly yours. 




A Portal to all Arts 



Then besides the classic spirit that haunts the scenes of the Wept 
of the Wish-ton-Wish, Elsie Venner and Kathrina, there is. every- 
where pervading the far-including scene, that sombre, mysterious air 
of tragic tradition, associating all natural objects with the exterminated, 
aboriginal dwellers. Their heroism and suffering are recalled, their 
name perpetuated by that of every height or sinuous water course. 
. . . Here is the broad portal to all arts; picturesqueness and heroism 
in human life, grandevir and beauty in simple scenery, to quicken the 
poet, the sculptor or the painter; a deep, placid current of inspiration. 

Artist John P. Davis 



But the most exquisite scenery of the whole landscape is formed 
by the river and its extended m.argin of beautiful intervals. When 
the eye traces this majestic stream, meandering with a singular 
course through these delightful fields, wandering in one place five 
miles to gain one, and in another four miles to gain seventy yards, 
enclosing, almost immediately beneath an island of twenty acres, ex- 
quisite in its form and verdure and adorned on the northern end Avith 
a beautiful grove. . . It will be difficult not to say, that with these 
exquisite varieties of beauty and grandeur the relish for landscape is 
not filled; neither a wish for higher perfection, nor an idea of what 
it is remaining in the mind. 

Dr. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College 



Come to these scenes of peace. 
Where, to rivers murmuring, 
The sweet birds all the summer sing, 

Where cares and toil and sadness cease ! 

William Lisle Bowles 



COLONIAL REC E P T I O N 

CLOSING FUNCTION OF THE CELEBRATION 
GIVEN BT BETTY ALLEN CHAPTER, D. A. R. 
T U E S B A r EVENING, J U N E 7 , 1904 

NO commemoration would be complete were it uncrowned by 
a successful social function, one graced by the beauty of 
women and honored by the courtliness of men. 

The existence in the city of a chapter of the Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution was most fortunate, and an offer, from its regent and 
officers, to give an evening reception in honor of the Anniversary, was 
encouraged both by co-operation and by substantial aid from the Exec- 
utive and Finance Committee of the Celebration. 

This chapter was founded in 1896, by Mrs. George W. Cable of 
Northampton, w4th the advice and assistance of Mrs. David Todd of 
Amherst, and its list of twenty-one charter members includes the names 
of many prominent women of the city's society. The chapter was 
named the Betty Allen Chapter, in honor of the memory of a staunch 
mother of the American Revolution, who was married bv the Rev. 
Jonathan Edwards to Joseidi Allen, in the old Parsons house in South 
street, and who provided six stalwart sons for her country's service in 
the war for independence, one of these sons, a chaplain in the army, 
acquiring the title of the "Fighting Parson," at the battle of Ben- 
nington. 

Mrs. Charlotte Hopkins (since deceased) and Miss Marv Annette 
Allen, local relatives of Betty Allen, were made honorary members of 
the chapter. In the Quarter-Millennial year of the city's history the 
chapter had increased to a membership of sixty women, and had made 
a notable record for success in literary and social entertainments as well 
as for patriotic enterprises. 

Preliminaries for the Colonial Reception having been decided upon, 
invitations were issued to the full capacity of the City Hall, and guests 
were reciuested to wear the colonial style of dress, to which request there 
was a highly gratifying response. The occasion was deemed timely for 
the display of long-treasured costumes, and of various accessories to 
them of the olden time. It is probable that many a drawer and chest, 
long relegated to solitude and darkness, was ransacked by fair hands 
those June days ; the more youthful searchers being suspected of the fell 



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Miss Helen G. Cook 



purpose of furbishing up the contents 
of those ancient receptacles for a 
severer compaign against masculine 
hearts than ever their ancestral dames 
maintained. The men, on the other 
hand, showed creditable enterprise in 
representing the dress as well as the 
stateliness and gallantry of the bygone 
days, and the result was an assemblage 
of rare interest, a galaxy of gayety, 
novelty and beautv fullv crjualling the 
happy anticipation. 

By means of tasteful decoration, a 
beautiful effect was produced in the 
interior of the City Hall. Using laurel 
garlands and wreaths, with the colors 
of the chapter, yellow and white. Miss 
Helen C. Sergeant and Miss Helen G. 
Cook, committee on decorations, transformed the place into an 
artistic and im])osing drawing-room. Fleecy btmting festooned the 
ceilings and walls, dainty lace the windows, and the emblem of the 
society, a wheel with the spindle and flax, the words, "Daughters of 
the American Revolution," encircling it, proved effective as a central 
ornament above the speakers' platform. The emblem was greatly 
magnified, shone in blue and gold colors, and sparkled with electric 
lights beneath a handsome banner of national design. The simplicity 
and symmetry of the decorations, thus produced, in an interior of little 
promise, called out much appreciative admiration. 

To the following committees was due much of the success of the 
occasion : 

Entertainment — Miss Clara P. Bodman, chairman; Mrs. Mary 
vSouthwick, Mrs. Henry C. Collins, Mrs. Louis L. Campbell, Miss Juha 
Imogene Prindle. 

Refreshment — Mrs. Mary D. Warner, chairman; Mrs. Clarence R. 
Gardner, Mrs. Grace C. Rose, Miss Ina F. Davis. 

Invitation — Miss Lucy J. Loud, chairman; Mrs. Frank A. Water- 
man, Mrs. Frank E. Davis, Miss Fannie W. Edwards, Mrs. Olive N. 
Spelman of Williamsburg. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 331 



lutrodiiciioii — Mrs. Harvey T. Shores, Mrs. Samuel W. Lee, Miss 
Cora L. Blair, Mrs. John Pierpont of WilHamsburg, Mrs. Hcnrv D. 
Sleeper, Miss Ina F. Davis. 

Decorations — Miss Helen G. Cook, Miss Helen C. Sergeant, Mrs. 
Charles N. Fitts. 

The attendance of Governor John L. Bates and his staff was an 
honor appreciated and enjoyed b}' all, and the fact that his secretary, 
Edward F. Hamlin and his wife were in the Governor's suite, furnished 
an added pleasure to many who knew them when sometime in the 

seventies they resided 
in Northampton. 
The Submit Clark 
Chapter of E a s t - 
hampton and the 
Mary Mattoon Chap- 
ter of Amherst were 
represented, civihties 
between the three 
chapters having be- 
come c u s t o m a r \' . 
Hon. Samuel S. Cam- 
pion of Northamp- 
ton, England, the 
city's distinguished 
guest at this time, 
was also present. 

The officers of the 
chapter, appropriate- 
ly costumed, received 
from 800 to 1 ,000 
guests, while the 
other members aided 
in serving light re- 
freshments and in 
otherwise entertain- 
ing the visitors. The 
receiving part}' 
proper were Miss 

Miss Jeamh D. Smith 

Clara P. Bodman, 




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Regent; Mrs. Olive Nichols Spelman, Vice- 
Regent; Mrs. Anna Covell Copeland, Sec- 
retary; Mrs. Grace Backus Rose, Treasurer; 
Miss Helen C. Sergeant, Registrar, and Mrs. 
J. Everett Brady, Historian. The only liv- 
ing ex-Regent, Miss Mary Manning Walker, 
received with them. 

Manv former residents of the city par- 
ticipated in the event, among whom were 
Mrs. Gordon Hall of Chicago, widow of Rev. 
Gordon Hall, pastor for twenty-eight years 
of the Edwards Church, and her son. Dr. 
Gordon Hall of New York; Col. Joseph B. 
Parsons and his son, Frank B. Parsons; Mrs. 
Arthur C. James of New York, daugh- 
ter of the late Sydenhain C. Parsons; Mrs. 
Katherine Tryon Smith of Springfield, daugh- 
ter of the late 
Henry Shepherd ; 



Miss Isabel A. Cook 



Mrs. Caroline 
Dewey Smith , 
daughter of Joseph Lathrop; Miss Ellen C. 
Parsons and Mrs. Harriet G. Doubleday of 
New York, daughters of the late Josiah Par- 
sons; Dr. Frank S. Parsons, son of the late 
Enos Parsons; Miss Louise W. Clarke of 
New York, daughter of the late Augustus 
Clarke; Mrs. W. S. B. Hopkins of Worces- 
ter, daughter-in-law of the late Erastus 
Hopkins; Miss EHzabeth W. Tappan of 
Brookline; Mrs. Charles H. Johnson of East- 
hampton; Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wells of 
Englewood, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. 
Wakefield and wife of Boston; Mrs. Sarah E. 
Murlless, daughter of Henry Childs; Mrs. A. 
S. McClean of Springfield, formerly Miss 
Martha Matthews, and many others. From 
this incomplete list it is clear that past 




Dr. Elmer H. Copeland 





Miss Jane A. Bi(;elow, of Philadelphia, at the Colonial Ball 




THE MINUET — OPENING MOVEMENTS 

The ball began soon after sundown, and the opening dance was always a minuet de la cour. The music 
was as solemn as that of a hymn. When the company had assembled, the managers, each with a huge cocked 
hat beneath his arm, would lead some favored lady, by the tips of her fingers, to the floor. The bowing and 
scrai^ing, the courtesying and tiptoeing, the .solemn advancing of the minuet once through, a contra-dance or 
a reel would begin. 

McM aster's History of the American People. 

merchants, farmers and professional men of the town were represented 
by their posterity on this occasion. 

A stately minuet was danced during the evening, upon the stage, 
by six couples; the young women properly proud of manner, and charm- 
ingly attired in pompadour style ; their partners deferential and wear- 
ing court suits with knee buckles, frills and cues; and the entire party 
embellished by powdered hair. They were Miss Gertrude A. Clark 
and Charles A. Clark, Miss Helen C. Rose and Charles H. Tucker, Miss 
Jane A. Bigelow and Edwin F. Stratton, Miss Blanche L. Strickland 
and Dr. Arthur G. Doane, Miss Mary H. Seymour and Benjamin Curtis, 
*Miss Cara L. Walker and Frank D. Wilcox. 



*tThe pictures do not show the last named couple, as they were absent when the photograph 
was taken. 




JANE, 



THE MINUET AS DANCED AT THE COLONIAL BALL 
Hose: Charles A. Clark, Miss Gertrude Clark. 

The display of choice articles of ancient dress and jewelry by the 
company m general was unusual, both m .[uamtness and value. There 
were rare combs, lace berthas, bags and fans, wigs, historic snuff-boxes, 
bracelets and necklaces, and an unusual number of wedding gowns. 

Miss Julia Imogene Prindle and Mrs. James Morven Smith ar- 
ranc^ed tableaux of portraiture upon the stage, for the greater beneht 
m observation of the throng upon the floor. The tableaux were, 'A 
Gainsborough Lady and Gentleman," by Charles A. Clark and Miss 
Gertrude A. Clark; "The Minute Man," by Elbndge G. Southwick; 
"The Spinning Wheel," etc. The stage was arranged to represent a 
room in a colonial house, with a spinning wheel, low-boy, antique 
chairs and other objects used m colonial and revolutionary days. 

The description of a few costumes will serve as types of the whole 
admirable portrayal of a bygone regime of society. Miss Clara C. 
Allen daughter of judge William AUen (deceased), wore a brown 
brocade gown with i-ointed corsage and handsome silk petticoat; of 



336 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

which gown tradition relates that the first owner danced with Gen- 
eral George Washington. Thomas M. Shepherd wore a quaint suit of 
striped silk, made, it is told, to wear at the English court. Miss 
Elizabeth Williston, daughter of A. Lyman Williston, wore a bridal 
gown of 1804 and pearls of the same date. It was a trained brown 
silken Watteau gown, and was first worn by her great-grandmother. 
Miss Jane A. Bigelow of Philadelphia, niece of Miss Jane F. Bigelow of 
Northampton, wore a rich brocade, made with a double Watteau, 
which was also a bridal gown worn by her great-great-grandniother in 
1769. Charles A. Clark wore a blue satin court dress with a white 
satin embroidered vest. Miss Gertrude A. Clark wore a Dresden fig- 
ured silk over a white silk petticoat, gold beads, a high comb and 
a Gainsborough hat with plumes. 

Miss Isabel A. Cook, wearing a genuine ancient wedding gown of 
white ivory satin, a rose with green leaves in low coiled hair, unpowdered, 
and her great -grandmother's gold beads, was an effective exponent of 
the early nineteenth-century epoch. Miss Helen G. Cook was gowned 
in a lemon silk grenadine, double Watteau style. She wore a graceful 
liberty scarf, and the pendant to her gold beads, as well as to those of 
her sister's, was the locket portrait of an ancestor. 

The appearance of the hall, filled with guests, in these and many 
other equally beautiful costumes, can never be forgotten by those who 
viewed it, as many did, from the gallery. From a sheltered nook, em- 
bowered in evergreen trees and ferns, an orchestra discoursed sweet 
music during the evening, and as the throngs of guests gradually dis- 
appeared, a Virginia reel was formed, and under the guidance of Chris- 
topher Clarke, who has doubtless threaded the mazes of more dances 
than any other of Northampton citizens, the Colonial Reception of 
June 7, 1904, was brought to a happy end, "fading in music." 

" The lights are out and gone are all the guests." 

Many years may pass ere the old City Hall, or the new one which may 
rise to take its place, is illuminated and arrayed in festal attire for a 
birthday celebration of the mother of us all. 

Two hundred and fifty years from now whose will be the names 
to organize the celebration, to figure on committees and formally re- 
ceive the city's guests? We cannot tell, but let us hope that the 
Strongs and Parsonses, Clapps and Clarks, Lymans and Edwardes, 



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337 



Sliepherds and Smiths — all our ^ood old Northami)ton names — may 
be wortliily represented then. Let us hope that in the verv near fu- 
ture the representatives of these families and all others with an interest 
in the history of whieh we are so ricrhtfull_\- i)roud, may organize an 
historieal society, whieh, co-o|)erating with the Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution, wdl preserve in its archives the records of the city's 
history, jjast and in the making; cherish historic landmarks, and see 
that our descendants are not without data or material for the historic 
setting of our 500th anniversary, that — 

" The Voice still soundeth on 
From the centuries that are gone 
To the centuries that shall be." 




OPEN 



A I R 



C O N C E R r S 



Two open-air concerts were given on Tuesday, besides that given 
bv the Northampton band at the fireworks in the evening. According 
to the determined program and as announced in the official souvenir 
pages, there should have been one by the Stevens band of Chicopee, at 
the Bridge-street park in the evening, but this being arranged for 
before the fireworks had been definitely decided ui)on, it was afterwards 
abandoned, as being unnecessary. 

The programs for the three concerts as actually given, follow: 

Stevens 36anD at JGrlOge Street iparf?, 2.30 p. m. 

March Et-Cortege — " La Rcinc dc Saba " ..... GoiDuui 

Overture — "Zanipa" ........ Hcro/d 

Selection — "Wang" ........ Morse 

Waltz — "Confidence" ........ Walteufel 

Sextette from "Lucia" . . . . . . . Doiiizcttj 

Messrs. Smith, Benjamin, Schumann, Jones, Lewis and Raucliffe. 



Stevens 36anO at IReviewing StanD, 4.30 p. m. 

March — "Nibekmgen" ......... Warner 

Overture — " Barber of Seville" . . . . . . .' Rossini 

Selection — " Hungarian Fantasie " ...... Tobni 

Mazurka — "LaCzarine" ........ Gaiine 

Euphonium Solo — " Longing for Home" ..... HarUnan 

Mr. Orville Wilson. 

Selection — "King Dodo" ..... . . Ludcrs 



IRortbampton JiSanD at Brivlng iparh— jfireworhs^S p. m. 



March — "Stars and Stri])es" .... 

Overture — "Stradella" ..... 

Pas Des Fleurs ...... 

Introduction and Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" 
Selection of Popular Airs ..... 

March — "Alabama," with Trombone Finale 



So us a 

Von Flotow 

. De Licbes 

Wagner 

Miller 

Siultz 



FIREWORKS 

FOR the general public, the fireworks, Tuesday evening, were the 
closing event of the Celebration, as the Colonial Reception, which 
followed, in the City Hall, was an afTair arranged by the Daugh- 
ters of the American Revokition for the pleasure of those in society 
who cared for less demonstrative show, without noise. 

There had been much discussion in the jniljlic press, and otherwise, 
as to the |)ropriety or safety of having fireworks during the Celebration. 
It was contended that there was danger of a general conflagration, and 
that such a dis|:)lay would be extravagant. Popular feeling, however, 
prevailed, with the cited example of other cities upon similar occasions, 
and it was finally decided by the Executive Committee to give the 
Sports and Games Committee means and authority to carry out a good 
scheme of fireworks. 

The result |)roved the wisdom of the decision. The committee 
awarded the contract to the Masten & Wells Company of Boston, and 
that concern carried out its |.)art in complete form. Then the com- 
mittee had made ample prejjarations for the accommodation and safe 
gathering and dispersal of the great crowd expected. Electric lights 
were put up for the occasion on Fair street, and the police arrangements 
were perfect. 

Such a crowd was never seen on the driving park before. About 
ten thousand people, it is estimated, were there, and yet the crowd at 
the center of the city, on Main street, seemed greater than ever, during 
the same hour as the fireworks. The Northampton band played on 
the driving ])ark, and the peo|)le began to gather as early as seven o 'clock, 
soon filling the grand stand, and then extending out over the grounds 
like a huge fan. 

The exhibition was a complete success, without an interruption or 
fault, and was received by the multitude with the usual expressions of 
delight and admiration on such occasions, only much intensified for this 
exhibition, as this was much the finest pyrotechnic display ever seen 
in Northampton. The chorus of "Ah's" and "Oh's" was frecpently 
raised, and the best set pieces, "Uncle Sam" and the "City Seal," 
brought forth expressions of the greatest delight. The final piece, 
"Adieu," left the grounds in darkness, and the great crowd then retired 
quickly, but manv of them, probably, with thoughts turned toward 
the 300th anniversary — which some will live to see and others not 



340 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

and the splendors of national, state and municipal achievement which 
will probably multiply in the meantime. 

The complete pyrotechnic program follows: 

tS>rDer of jFireworhs 

1. A salute of aerial bombs, which awoke the echoes for miles 
around. 

2. Prismatic illumination loo feet long. This displayed an arch 
of beautiful hanging prisms extending loo feet across the driving park, 
producing a rainbow of changing colors of long duration and magnifi- 
cent effect, lustrous as the photosphere of the sun itself. These prisms, 
at an elevation of thirty to forty feet, were all fired at one and the same 
time, and changed from color to color while under fire, dis])laying the 
finest blendings and shades of the national colors. 

3. Immense exhibition rockets filled the air with stars and showers 
of gold and silver, peacock tails, bursting meteors, aerolites, serpents 
and snakes, and other novelties. 

4. Heavv exhibition shells were fired from mortar guns, filling 
the air with shooting stars, dragon flights, strings of pearls, hissing snakes, 
trails of electric flame, meteoric eruptions and other devices. 

5. Motto, "Our 250th Anniversary." This motto was composed 
of immense double-line letters and sun cases over the top threw a rain- 
bow arch of fire over the motto, making a very beautiful efi^ect. 

6. Parachute rockets threw up immense colored pot fires, led by 
parachutes, which floated through the air, changing color before fading 
from view. 

7. Aerolites displayed trails of fire of immense size and great 
brilliancv, afterwards ending with a burst of colors of the greatest 
beautv and eft'ect. 

8. Meteor batteries threw high in the air great showers of bursting 
meteors, which filled the atmosphere with a mass of flame and fire. 

9. A flight of saucissons ascended with great velocity, and u])on 
reaching their elevation each one exploded, producing a very interesting 
and novel effect. 

10. Dragon shells burst high in the air, releasing nests of dragons 
and serjjents, which chased each other about in every direction, finally 
exploding with loud detonations. 

11. Revolving fountain. This design represented an immense 
fountain, which revolved rapidly, producing a very brilliant and beauti- 
ful effect. It commenced with a large wheel in brilliant crimson fires, 
which suddenly changed to a fountain of sparkling flame, throwing 
streams of sparkling flame and fire twenty feet high in the air. 



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12. Immense gold fountains threw high in the air columns of gold 
scintillates, which ascended about thirty feet, closely resembling gey- 
sers of living water. 

13. Serpent and gold rain rockets displayed nests of fiery serpents 
and showers of gold and silver rains, interspe'rsed with aerolites, para- 
chutes and cannon bombs. 

14. Japanese double shells displayed strings of hanging chain 
lights, which were suspended in mid-air, apparently changeable in color 
and effect, also repeating shells and parachutes, displaying long strings 
of jewels, almost dazzhng the eye of the beholder. 

15. Mammoth meteors were tired in volleys, filling the atmosphere 
with a flood of light and blaze of glory, sailing and floating on clouds of 
fire, with beautiful eft'ects. 

16. Merry frolic. This device commenced with a dazzling circle 
of gold and colored rings, revolving round and round in bands of gorgeous 
flame, between four streams of silver fire. 

17. Colored exhibition mines discharged shower after shower of 
stars of every shade of coloring, beautifully blended. 

18. Colored batteries filled the air with thousands of gerbs in the 
diftcrent shades of red and green, jnirple and gold, azure and silver, 
emerald and amber. 

19. Flights of heavy rockets displayed changeable lights, golden 
spreaders, weeping willow trees, aerial whistles, Columbian stars and 
other novelties. 

20. A grand illumination occurred at dift'erent parts of the driving 
park, producing a very brilliant effect, as a ])relude to the following 
design : 

21. Daddy Long-Legs. This curious device consisted of a double 
belt of brilliant fires, which formed a kaleidoscope of combined colors 
resembling immense Daddy Long-Legs, arranged in lance tubes of ruby, 
green and gold. The several sections are made to rotate in contrary 
directions, so as to produce angles and designs of everv conceivable 
form and shape. 

22. Exhibition shells and bombs were fired from heavy mortar 
guns, bursting at a high elevation, filling the air with rose fires, star 
showers, willow trees, Japanese rains, sunbursts, and man\- other new 
and novel devices. 

23. Fotmtains of gold threw high in the air great gevsers of gold 
scintillates, interspersed with clouds of fire mist and sjjra'y, making a 
most beautiful effect. 

24. Saucissons were fired in flights, ascending with great velocity, 
resembling a flash of lightning, finally ex])lo(ling with a loud, sharj) 
report before the display was ended. 



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25. Heavy bombs were fired from mortar guns, lising to a great 
height, where they burst, showing displays of cannon bombs, traiUng 
hghts, dragon tails, nests of snakes, comets' tails and star bursts, pro- 
ducing fine effects. 

26. Sun bursts. The Chariot of the Sun, guided by the hand of 
Phaeton, was struck by a thunderbolt and a world was destroyed, so 
fable records, and this conflagration was represented. An immense 
wheel of fire, in radiant colors, having a photosphere fifty feet in diame- 
ter, rolled apparently in space, with intense brilliancy and dazzling 
effulgence. A sudden shock, a deafening detonation was heard, and 
the design changed to a ball of crimson fire and flame, surrounded by 
a corona or luminous circle of immense size and proportion. Magnetic 
batteries discharged aerolites and cometic fires through the air, and far 
above the whirling ball, in diverging lines, was seen flying comets and 
shafts of fire in zig-zag and chain-light lines. Exploding gerbs quenched 
this flood of fire and the darkness of the night appeared again. 

27. Artillerv shells were elevated several hundred feet in the air, 
where they exploded with stunning effect, prodticing a salute which 
could be heard for miles. 

28. Meteoric eruptions threw out showers of meteoric and varie- 
gated stars, and fire opals, which ascended in showers, producing a 
very beautiful effect. 

29. Willow shells displayed immense weeping willow trees, with 
branches and foliage dripping with fire spray, producing a fine effect 
in the heavens. 

30. Immense batteries discharged Japanese brilliants, showers of 
gold and silver stars, flights of saucissons, bursting meteors, electric 
suns, and many other new and novel devices and designs, almost daz- 
zling in their brilliancy. 

31. Volleys of mammoth meteors ascended to a great height, 
filling the atmosphere with floods of fire and flame, making a very daz- 
zling and brilliant effect. 

32. The Periscope. A gorgeous aurora of royal gems revolved in 
rapid gyration, displaying bands of Promethean fires amid belts or rib- 
bons of crimson, blue, ruby and gold. Suddenly the entire design was 
enveloped in a mist of brilliant spur fiie and star mist, through which 
the prismatic coloring of the "Periscope" was plainly observed, cover- 
ing an area of twenty feet. 

33. A grand illumination of ernerald and crimson followed, shining 
with great brilliancy upon surrounding objects and lasting for several 
minutes. 

34. Fountains of gold and silver threw up immense volcanoes of 
fire and spray, which ascended to a great height, falling back to earth 
with fine effect. 



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35. Colored rockets of immense size were fired, displaying many 
new and novel designs in the different colors, blue and gold stars, crim- 
son gerbs, purple streamers, umbrella lights, emerald gems, windmills, etc. 

36. Meteoric storm. This design consists of a pyramid, charged 
with fire balls, closely resembling the shooting stars, as seen in August 
and November skies. At the base of the pyramid suns and wheels, dec- 
orated with floral rosettes within their different centers, revolve in rapid 
rotation, while zones of jessamine and yellow fire encircle them in beauty 
and effect. With a report, as if from a thunder-cloud, a battery of im- 
mense meteoric stars was discharged and the atmosphere was filled with 
large exploding meteoric fire balls, thrown upwards several hundred feet. 

37. Heavy bombs were fired from mortar guns, showing displays 
of serpents and snakes, fiery dragons, floral clusters, rosal gerbs, cracking 
stars, wheels of silver and other devices. 

38. Serpent rockets discharged nests of squirming, wriggling ser- 
pents, which darted about in every direction, finally exploding with 
loud detonations, producing a very amusing effect. 

39. Flights of saucissons ascended to a great height, taking a 
rotary motion, which produced a very interesting and amusing effect, 
and each saucisson finally exploded in the air with a loud report. 

40. Immense exhibition batteries discharged bursting meteors, 
cometic stars, fountains of silver, gold chasers, wheat sheafs, streams of 
gold fire and other devices. 

41. Uncle Sam Around the Globe. This design represented a full- 
size figure of Uncle Sam, in appropriate dress, shown in lines of brilliant 
lance fires. He was shown reclining on an immense pedestal, supported 
by posts, anti with his right foot balancing an immense globe represent- 
ing the earth. 

42. Parachute rockets carried up large floating lights, which 
changed from green to crimson as they sailed through the air at a great 
height, producing a very interesting and curious eft'ect. 

43. Dragon shells released high in the air nests of fiery dragons 
and hissing snakes, engaged in fiery combats, finally exploding one after 
another in cj^tiick succession. 

44. Saluting shells were elevated several hundred feet in the air, 
where they burst, making a grand salute in honor of the stars and stripes 
in the following design: 

45. American Flag. This was a fac-simile of the stars and stripes, 
shown in lines of lance fire, in the appropriate color and design. 

46. Flights of rockets ascended, filling the air with gold rains, 
silver streamers, ribbons of azure, crimson gerbs, shooting stars, meteoric 
stars, rainbow lights, signal fires and other designs. 



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47. Heavy exhibition bombs were fired from mortar guns, filling 
the air with detonating bombs, trails of silver fire, sailing stars, para- 
chutes and balloons, and other novel effects. 

48. A grand illumination took place, lasting several minutes, as a 
prelude to the grand special design to follow. 

49. City Seal. This was a representation of the seal of the city 
of Northampton, correct in detail, shown in lines of lance fire, making 
a grand design as a finale of the exhibition. 

50. Aerolites exploded high in the air, displaying immense trails 
of brilliant fire, ending with a star burst of the most brilliant colors 
probably known to the pyrotechnic art. 

51. Salvos of shells and bombs and heavy exhibition rockets fol- 
lowed, filling the air with a mass of beautiful color, displaying stars and 
suns, showers and rains, meteors, comets, bui sting stars, electric suns 
and other novelties. 

52. Motto, "Adieu." This motto was composed of immense 
double-line letters, and sun cases over the top threw a rainbow arch of 
fire, to close the exhibit. 




Historical Localities and 
Historical Collections 




Oh, would I were a boy again, 

When hfe seemed formed of sunny years, 
And all the heart then knev/ of pain 

Was swept away in transient tears ! 

Mark Lemon 



Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy. 
Bright dreams of the past which she cannot destroy; 
Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, 
And bring back the features which joy used to wear. 
Long, long be my heart with such memories filled. 
Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled. 
You may break, vou may ruin, the vase, if 3'ou will. 
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. 

Thomas Moore 



Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight. 
Make me a child again, just for tonight! 

Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! 
I am so weary of toil and of tears — 
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain — 
Take them, and give me my childhood again! 

Elizabeth Akers Allen 



How dear to my heart are the scenes of my cliildhood, 

When fond Recollection presents them to view! 

The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, 

And every loved spot which my infancy knew, — 

The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it. 

The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell; 

The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it. 

And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well, — 

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, 

The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. 

Samuel Woodworth 



HISTORICAL LOCALITIES AND 
HISrORICAL COLLECTIONS 



T HE B A S IS OF T H E C ELEBRATION 
A VALUABLE PERMANENT WORK PERFORMED 

B\ far the most im])ortant part of the Celebration was the work 
(lone by the committees on Historical Locahties and Historical 
Collections. These matters were the basis of the Anniversary, 
for without them no Celebration could pro])erly have been held. The 
chairmen of these two committees, Henry S. Gere on localities, and 
Thomas M. Shepherd on collections, were peculiarly fitted for their 
work. Thev brought to the consideration of these subjects a familiarity 
and long experience which were very valuable. It is not too much to 
sav that the public were amazed at the extent and value of their re- 
searches. The committee on Historical Localities issued a pamphlet, 
embodied in this work with some revision, which had a large sale, and 
the location, by signs, of old meeting-houses, court-houses, town-houses, 
school-houses, post-office, taverns, jails, etc., was a revelation to every 
one. The work performed by Chairman Henry S. Gere, in this line of 
research, will be of still greater interest and value to succeeding genera- 
tions. He has completed a work in local topographical history which 
might otherwise have been lost and forgotten. The detailed results are 
described in following pages. 

Hardly less important was the work performed by Thomas M. 
Shepherd, the story of which is so well told by him elsewhere. The 
exhibition pre]mred by his committee was a continuous one during the 
Celebration, and was visited by an immense number of people, and the 
first authentic, detailed description of it, given in this book, will be read 
with great interest by those who are interested in the ancient life of the 
town. 

1bii5toiical Xocalitics /IftarhcD 

The Committee on Historical Localities, besides issuing in pamphlet 
form brief descriptions of one hundred localities of historical interest, 
marked the following spots with a|)i)ropriate signs : 

At the southeasterly part of the Court-House Park were set these 
four signs: 



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The First Meetixg House 

Stood Here 

1654 



The First School House 

Stood Here 

1661 



The First Town House 
Stood Here 

1767 



The First Court House 

Stood Here 

1737 



In front of the southwesterly corner of the First Church, at the ex- 
treme westerly end of the little park, were three signs, connected to- 
gether, bearing these inscriptions: 



North 



South 



Rev. Solomon Stoddard 

Preached Here 57 Years 

1672-1729 



The Apex of Meeting House 

Hill was Here 

1654 



West 



The Meeting House in which 

Jonathan Edwards 

Preached Stood Here 

1737— 1812 



In front of the Josiah D. Whitney house on King street, beneath 
one of the well-known "Jonathan Edwards elms," was this sign: 



Jonathan Edwards 
Lived Here 

1727 — 1750 
and set this elm trek 



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The site of the first jail, on the west corner of Old vSouth street, in 
ront of Jackson's block, was marked as follows: 



The First Jail 
Stood Here 



On the east corner of Main and King streets, where the First 
National Bank building stands, was this sien: 



The First Fost Office 
Stood Here 



In front of the westerly half of the First Church was a sign bearing 
this inscri])tion: 





The Old 


Chl- 


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H 


o.\'t)RED, Admired 


Reve 


RED 




Stood 


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In front of the Mansion House (since named the Dra|)er House), 
lirectlv opposite the entrance to Old South street, was this sign: 



Seth P 


:)MEROY 




1 7(10 


ASAHEL 


PoMERO-i 




•777 


Oliver 


Warner 




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K E pt 


Tavern 


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ERE 



On Cot:rt-House Park, northeast of the present court-house and on 
a line with the old court-house and "Old Church," was this sign: 



The Old Town Hall 

Stood Here 

1814— 1872 



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In front of Charles B. Kingsley's drug-store, where Dr. Ebenezer 
Hunt erected his drug-store, the first store erected on Shop Row, was 
this sign: 



T 


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First 
Shop 


Store 
Row 


ON 




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HISTORICAL LOCA LITIES IN NORTHAMPTON 

COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE 
ON HIST(JRICAL LO CALITIES FOR THE CELEBRATION 

I. Northampton was first settled by white peo|.)le in the spring 
of 1654, but its territory had been examined as a desirable place for 
settlement several vears' before. It was then known only by the Indian 
name of Nonotuck.' In May, 1653 (a year before the actual settlement), 
twenty-four men petitioned the General Court for liberty to "plant, 
possess and inhabit " the place. All of these men were residents of Con- 
necticut, most of them of Hartford, Windsor and Farmington. John 
Pynchon, Elizur Holvoke and Samuel Chapin of Springfield also peti- 
tioned to the same effect at the same time. The General Court appointed 
Pynchon, Holyoke and Chapin commissioners to lay out the bounds of 
the proposed settlement, which they did, fixing the line to run from the 
Hadley falls ten miles north on the west side of the Connecticut river, 
and westward from the Connecticut "nine miles into the woods." This 
included all the territorv within the present limits of Northampton, 
Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton, and i)arts of Hatfield 
and Montgomery. The land was bought of the Indians by John Pyn- 
chon Sept. 23, 1653, and on Jan. 16, 1662, he turned it over to the inhab- 
itants of Northampton, who allotted it among themselves, reserving a 
large portion to be given to new-comers. The meadow lands were the 
most desirable and each settler was given a certain amount (usually 
about twenty acres), with a liberal quantity of upland. The town took 
its name from Northampton in England, and, although the Indian 
name was always Nonotuck, that name was never used by the settlers. 
The exact day on which the first settlers arrived here is not known, nor 
is it known exactlv where the first houses were built, but it is certain 
that the first arrivals were early in May, and it is presumed that they 
located their homes near "Meeting-house hill." 




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Nearly all the inliabitants of the town remained near the center for 
more than one hundred years. This was from fear of the Indians. 
After the close of the Fiench and Indian war, in 1760, the outer districts 
began to be settled. The first settlement at wSouth Farms was made in 
1687, but what is now Florence and North Farms was not settled until 
175Q. Roberts Meadow and West Farms were settled soon after, and 
"Rail Hill" (now Leeds) in 1790. Those sections were then covered 
with dense forests. 

The first settlers located on King, Pleasant, Market and Hawley 
streets. The sections next settled were Bridge, West and Elm streets. 
It was five vears after the first settlers arrived before there was a house 
built as far west as the site of President Seelye's residence. For a great 
manv vears there were no streets here. What we now call streets were 
simply footpaths from house to house. The farms were large and the 
houses were considerable distances apart. There was little of travel, 
and what there was was either on foot or on horseback. The center of 
the settlement contained but a few buildings. Meeting-house hill was 
almost bare. Aside from the meeting-house there were for a long period 
of time no buildings nearer to it than the court-house and school-house 
at the junction of Main and King streets and the minister's house on the 
corner of Pleasant street. To the west there were after a time buildings 
on the west corner of South street, where Ithamar Strong lived, and on 
Main street, opposite South street, where Gen. Seth Pomeroy lived. 
There was no building north of the meeting-house on or near the hill for 
a long time. The meeting-house stood there alone, like a city on a hill. 
The ground around it was all highway. There was a large open space at 
the junction of King and Pleasant streets with Main street, which was 
called "School-house common." 

2. The first "meeting-house," used for religious services, town 
meetings and schools, stood on the easterly side of "Meeting-house hill," 
near the southeasterly corner of the present court-house lot. It was built 
of logs and was twenty-six feet long and eighteen feet wide, and was 
erected in the first year of the town's settlement. It was in use for re- 
ligious meetings seven years. The second meeting-house was built in 
1661, and was located on the top of "Meeting-house hill," directly in 
front of the westerly half of the present First Church and the entrance 
to Center street, that being the apex of the hill. Meeting-house hill 
was then several feet higher than it is now, and the ground at its base 
was several feet lower. The meeting-house was approached from all 
sides. A ravine ran around the hill from the west side, back of the 
present Mansion House, to King street, and thence across Main street 
to Pleasant street and in the rear of Shop Row to Mill river, below 
the old South-street bridge. There have been five meeting-houses 
built on this hill — the first in 1654, a log house, 26 by 18 feet; the 
second, in 1 661, 42 feet square, pyramid roof, with a turret on top; the 




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third, in 1737, 70 by 46 feet; the fourth, known to the present gene- 
ration as the "Old Church," in 181 2; the fifth in 1876; the latter was 
damaged by fire in 1888 and immediately rebuilt, without essential 
change of plan. 

3. The first court-house, erected in 1737, stood near the easterly 
corner of the present court-house lot, south of and about opposite the 
present court-house fountain. The present court-house is the fourth 
building erected on that lot for court uses. 

4. The first school-house, used exclusively for school ])urposes, 
stood on the easterly portion of Meeting-house hill, easterly of the site 
of the |)resent court-house and farther down the hill, near the corner of 
court-house lot. 

5. The first store on vShop Row stood on the site of the present 
drug-stores of Charles B. Kingsley and Lucius S. Davis, built in 176Q 
by Dr. Ebenezer Hunt for a drug-store. 

6. Jonathan Edwards preached here in two meeting-houses; he 
was settled in 1727, and the first house in which he preached was re- 
placed by the one shown in the picture in 1737. This house stood in 
Main street, opposite the westerly half of the present First Church and 
entrance to Center street. It faced toward Bridge street. There were 
three entrances, one in front (east) and one on each side (south and west). 
There were three aisles running north and south, and one on each side 
running east and west. The pulpit was in the center on the north side, 
with a single stairwav to it on the west side. Hanging over the pulpit 
was a large "sounding-board," which Ijore the date "1735," denoting 
the date of the first vote to build. Two stairways led to the gallery, in 
the easterly and westerly corners. There was a tall steeple, with an 
open belfry, resting on eight posts. Surmounting the steeple was a 
weather-vane, representing a rooster. A tower clock was put in soon 
after the house was erected. The house was torn down in 181 2. This 
Jonathan Edwards meeting-house was built while the old meeting-house 
was still standing, showing that they did not occupy the same spot ; but 
they were near each other. The old house was torn down in 1738, the 
year after the new house was occupied. 

The accompanying picture of the second meeting-house in which 
Jonathan Edwards preached is believed to be accurate. It was made 
from a sketch drawn by Architect William F". Pratt about thirty years 
ago. The dimensions of the house and the belfry are matters of town 
record, as are also the porches. The rooster weather-vane on the to]) 
of the steeple is shown just as it was when Edwards thundered forth his 
mighty appeals from the })ulpit within, and the semi-circular stepstone 
is seen in front just as it was when placed there 167 years ago. The 
house was similar in form to the Congregational meeting-houses built in 
that period; there is one much like it still standing in West Springfield. 
Mr. Pratt was aided in his drawing by some of the citizens of the town 



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who were familiar with the appearance of the house in their youth, and 
they pronounced the sketch correct. It corresponds with the plan of 
seating the meeting-house given in Trumbull's History. There can be 
no doubt that when you look at this picture you see the meeting-house 
substantially as it appeared when Jonathan Edwards and Major Joseph 
Hawley entered its portals and walked through its broad aisle. 




The J o n a 1 h a x E u w a r d s M k e t i n g - H o v s 
In which he preached. Built in 1737. Torn down 1812 



7. The house of the first minister of the town, Rev. Eleazar Mather, 
stood on the west corner of Main and Pleasant streets, and fronted on 



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357 



Pleasant street. Mr. Mather owned all the land now eovered l)y Shop 
Row as far west as Merritt Clark's store. 

8. The first town-house (used also for the courts) stood on the 
present court diouse lot, erected 1737. 

q. The first post-office (1792) was kept in the store of Robert 
Breck & Son, on the corner of Main and King streets, where the First 
National Bank now stands. Col. John Breck, son of Robert Breck, was 
the first postmaster. 

10. The first newspaper, the Hampshire Gazette, was printed (1786) 
in the back part of Benjamin Prescott's house, on the west corner of 
Main and Pleasant streets. 




East Corner Main a n u K i n (; Streets 
Where First National Bank now stands 



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11. The first bookstore in town was opened in 1797 by Simeon 
Butler, on Shop Row, where S. E. Bridgman & Co.'s bookstore now 
stands! and there has been a bookstore on that spot ever since. 

12. The site of the store of Phelps & Gare, jewelers, on Shop Row, 
was in 1785 occupied bv Samuel Stiles, a goldsmith, and there has been 
a goldsmith's shop on that spot ever since. The late General Benjamin 
E. Cook was in business there from Jan. 10, 1827, until his death, Feb. 
25, 1900, more than seventy-three years. 

13. The first bank in town, the Northampton Bank, was opened 
in 1803, on the site of Merritt Clark's store on Shop Row. It was suc- 
ceeded in 18 1 3 by the Hampshire Bank. 



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14. The first ferry between Northampton and Hadley was estab- 
Hshed in 1661, when Hadley was settled. This ferry connected Hadley 
at the lower end of Front street with "Old Rainbow," and for many 
years it was known as "Goodman's ferry." 

15. The first bridge over the Connecticut river here was built in 
1808. The present county bridge (the fifth) was built in 1878. 

16. The first Edwards Church (1833) stood on the easterly corner 
of Main and South streets, where Columbian block now stands. It was 
destroyed by fire in 1870. 

17. The first taverns were called "ordinaries." There was a tav- 
ern on the site of the present Mansion House kept by Col. Seth Pomeroy, 
and after him by his son, Asahel Pomeroy, and a tavern has been kept 
there ever since. There was a tavern, known as the "Red Tavern," 
on the site of the present Catholic church. Also, one on Hawley street, 
east side, where the Washburn House now stands, kept by Capt. Samuel 
Clarke; one on the southerly corner of Pleasant and River streets, called 
the "American House"; one on South street, on the site of the present 
Col. Calvin Strong house, corner of South and Fort streets; one on the 
west corner of North Elm street and the street leading to the car barns, 
kept by Abner Hunt; one in Florence, opposite the present Florence 
Hotel, kept by Paul Strong, and known as "Paul Strong's"; one about 
a mile to the west on the road to Williamsburg, kept by Solomon Warner, 
known as "Sol Warner's " ; one farther on, half a mile east of Haydenville, 
on the old road to Northampton, kept by Capt. Samuel Fairfield; one at 
Roberts Meadow, on the turnpike road to Pittsfield, kept by Nathaniel 
Edwards, wdio took the turnpike tolls; and a number of others of lesser 
note in different parts of the town. 

i^. Rev. Solomon Stoddard, minister of the town from 1672 to 
1729 (fifty-seven years), lived on Prospect street, where Henry R. 
Hinckley now hves. His son. Col. John Stoddard, succeeded him in 
occupying that place. Mr. Stoddard, Senior, built in 1684 the ell part 
of Mr. Hinckley's house as it now stands, and Col. John Stoddard built 
the main part.' This is one of the oldest houses in town, as it dates 
back about two hundred years, and a part of it two hundred and twenty 
years. 

A home lot was granted by the town to Rev. Solomon Stoddard in 
1 68 1. It contained four acres of land, and was situated on the east side 
of Round Hill, in the vicinity of the junction of Henshaw avenue and 
Crescent street. Mr. Stoddard never built on it, but three years later he 
bought another lot, a little south of the grant, and there he built. He 
and his descendants occupied this house for more than a century. The 
central portion of the house, as it now stands, is all that remains of the 
home of Rev. Solomon Stoddard. The large gambrel-roofed building, 
in front of and adjoining this, was built by his son, Col. John Stoddard. 
The rear part of the house, built by Rev. Solomon Stoddard, was 



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removed bv Dr. Barrett, and made into the barn now on the place. 
Dr. Barrett also built the ell in the rear of the present building. 

Close to the central chimney of the ancient house was a large open 
space, under the floor of the second story, which, tradition has it, was 
used as a hiding place from the Indians. This place no longer exists. 
In May, 1809, this house was sold to Seth Wright of Boston, and it de- 
scended to his son, Theodore Wright. It was purchased in 1837 by 
Charles C. Nichols of Boston. In 1845, it was bought by Dr. Benjamin 
Barrett and is now occupied bv his daughter and her husband, Henry 
R. Hmcklev. 




R E S I M E N C E OF H E N R V R . li I N C K L E V , PROSPECT S T 

Rear part of this house was built by Rev. Solomon Stoddard in 1084, 
and front part by his son, Col. John Stoddard 



The accompanving picture presents a fine view of the house as it 
stands today. Col. Stoddard was one of the most prominent men of the 
town, and wealth v for his times. This accounts for the size and elegance 
of the main structure. The house stands on one of the most command- 
ing residence sites in the town, and is a treasure, both for the beauty of 
its location and for its historical associations. 

19. Rev. Dr. Gordon Hall, pastor of Edwards church twenty- 
eight years, lived in the brick house on the south side of Elm street, 
opposite entrance to Prospect street, now occupied by Miss Tucker, No. 



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84. This house was owned and occupied in 1780 by Gen. Wilhani Ly- 
man, a Revolutionary officer and member of congress. 

20. Rev. Solomon Williams, fifth minister, 1778 to 1834 (fifty-six 
years), lived on King street, where his son, Deacon Eliphalet Williams, 
lived. This was also the residence of Rev. John Hooker, fourth minister 
of the town. 

21. Judge Joseph Lyman lived on Main street, where the Carr 
block and Carr bakery now stand. House was built in 1792, succeeding 
one that stood there and was burned in that year, and occupied by Col. 
William Lyman. 



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Built 1792. Burned 1870. Stood where Carr block now stands 



2 2. Gov. Caleb Strong (Governor eleven years and U. S. Senator) 
lived on Main street, where the Hampshire House now stands; his 
gambrel-roofed_ house was removed to Pleasant street in 1844, where it 
was occupied by his son, Hon. Lewis Strong; now No. 40. 

23. Judge Samuel Henshaw lived on Elm street, in the gambrel- 
roofed house lately owned and occupied by Sidney E. Bridgman and 
now owned by Bishop F. D. Huntington. 

24. The Warner House, one of the leading historical structures of 
the town, w^as for several generations the principal tavern. Gen. Seth 
Pomerov lived there and kept an inn. His son, Asahel Pomeroy, one of 



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the prominent men of his times, succeeded him. In 1792 Asahel Pome- 
roy erected the house which for more than two generations was one of the 
most famihar objects in town. The old house that stood on the same 
spot was destroyed by fire, Oct. 12, 1792. Mr. Pomeroy immediately 
rebuilt. In 1821, he sold the house to Ohver Warner, who had kept a 
tavern on the Bridge road, half a mile north of Florence, where Seth S. 
Warner now lives. Mr. Warner owned and conducted the tavern 
twenty-four years, until his death in 1853. From him the house took 
its name. Next to the "Old Church" and the court-house, the Warner 
House was the most famous structure in town. There, many public 
gatherings were held; there, many of the judges, lawyers and jurors 




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stopped when the courts were in session; there, travellers from far and 
near found a congenial home; and there, the villagers repaired from 
time to time to gather the news brought in by the stage-drivers and the 
guests of the house. 

25. " Fort Hill," off South street, takes its name from the building 
of an Indian fort there prior to 1670. The exact location of this fort is 
not known. "Dwight's Travels" says it w^as located "in the heart of 
the town, at a distance perhaps of thirty rods from the most populous 
street." This would locate it on Fort street, on the brow of the hill. 
Trumbull's Historv locates it "back of the Starkweather place." It was 



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abandoned as a fort in 1670. The Indians who built it were friendly, 
and were given permission by the town to build the fort. 

26. Gen. Seth Pomeroy, besides keeping a tavern, was a black- 
smith, and his blacksmith shop stood between his house and the corner 
of Main and Center streets. 

27. Dr. Sylves- 
ter Graham, origi- 
nator of the Gra- 
ham dietic system, 
1 ved on Pleasant 
street, in the brick 
house, west side, 
now No. 61. Hon. 
Eh P. Ashmun, U. 
S. Senator, lived in 
that house before 
Dr. Graham. 

28. E r a s t us 
Hopkins, ten years 
a representative in 
the state legisla- 
ture, lived on King 
street, house next 
north of the French 
Catholic church. 

29. Thomas Na- 
pier lived on Elm 
street, in the house 
that now forms a 
part of the Mary A. 
Burnham classical 
school for girls. 
Another building 
used by this school 
is the colonial- 
front house on 
Prospect street, 
built by Judge 
Samuel Howe and 
in which he lived. 

30. Samuel Whitmarsh built the house on Fort Hill, since owned 
and occupied as a summer residence by Edward H. R. Lyman and his 
son, Frank Lyman. His brother, Thomas Whitmarsh, built the house 
lately owned and occupied by Lucien B. Williams and now by his son. 
Col. Henry L. Williams. 




The Jonathan Edwards Elm 

Set Iby Rev. .Jonathan Edwards, 1730. House of Josiah D. Whit- 
ney on the right stands on site of the Edwards house. 
Picture .shows house and tree as they were in 1890. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 363 



31. John Clarke, founder of Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes, lived 
on Bridge street; house now forms a part of Norwood Hotel. 

32. Rev. Jonathan Edwards lived on King street, where the brick 
house built by Josiah D. Whitney now stands, and the large elm tree 
that stands in front is one of two elms set by him and long known as 
the "Jonathan Edwards elms." A picture of one of these elms is given 
herewith. 

^;}. " Bartlctt's gate," at the foot of Pleasant street, in use when the 
meadows were fenced in, was near the present Harlow house. 

34. Judge Charles A. Dewey, judge of Massachusetts Supreme 
court, lived on College Hill, where President Seelye's house now stands; 
house was moved back and converted into a dormitory, and is now 
known as the "Dewey House." 

35. Judge Samviel F. Lvman, judge of Probate court, lived on 
College Hill, where the principal college building now stands; house was 
moved to Canal street, and is now No. 35. 

36. Major Joseph Hawley lived on Hawley street, on site of house 
now 104, known as the "Burrows place." His house was a low building; 
the front door was fastened with a wooden latch and a leather latch- 
string hung outside. 

37. Isaac C. Bates, U. S. Senator, lived on Bridge street, where 
the J. Stebbins Lathrop house now stands; his house was removed to 
North street, and is now owned and occupied by Mrs. Henry Roberts. 

38. Samuel Bartlett built a gristmill in 1667 on the west side of 
Manhan river in what is now Easthampton, and Joseph Parsons had a 
sawmill on the opposite shore. There have been grist and sawmills 
there ever since. 

7,q. Halligan and Dailey were hung, Jtme 5, 1806, on "Gallows 
Plain," now Hospital Hill, in presence of 15,000 people; Gen. Ebenezer 
Mattoon of Amherst, high sheriff, officiated. 

40. The "pound," for impounding stray animals, was at the lower 
end of Pleasant street, and is still owned by the city, though not used 
in the last fifty ^^ears. 

41. The semi-circular stepstone used at the east entrance to the 
meeting-house in which Jonathan Edwards preached, is now in use at 
the front entrance to Christopher Clarke's house. No. 40, Hawley street. 

42. Stocks for punishing crimmals stood at the junction of Main 
and King streets. They were not much used. 

43. Guideboards, set in triangular form on three posts, stood in 
the fork of the roads at the junction of Main and King streets, and a 
little north of these guideboards were two large elm trees, underneath 
which were for many years a set of hayscales for public use. 



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QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



44. Just below the old South-street bridge over Mill river there 
was a crossing on the bed of the river, called the " Lickingwater crossing." 
The banks of the river on either side sloped gently to the edges of the 
stream, and this was the principal public watering place in town for 
about two hundred years. It was closed to the pubhc when the dike 
was built in 1856. 

45. The "Oxbow," known in later years as the "Old Bed," was 
until 1840 the route of the Connecticut river. In that year the high 
water in a spring freshet cut across the narrow neck east of the railroad 
and formed the present channel of the river. In going four and a half 
miles bv a direct line the river by the "Oxbow" route ran nearly eleven 
miles. 








Old Mansion House, on Colle(, e Hill 

Where Catholic church now stands. As it appeared when kept by Capt. Jonathan 
Brewster, 1840. Hotel barn in the rear 

46. The storehouse for freight sent and received on the New Haven 
and Northampton canal is still standing and is used by Warren's livery 
stable. The canal ran under Main street beneath an arched stone bridge 
and came close to this storehouse. The shed now seen on the east side 
was not there when the canal was in use. The three iron hooks under 
the eaves used for hoisting and lowering freight are there now. 

47. This canal was carried across Mill river by means o*" an aque- 
duct, and ran along the side of the hill west of South street. The canal 
was opened for business in 1836, and closed in 1847. It cost $980,000, 
all of which was a total loss. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 365 

48. The first jail in town was built in 1707 and stood on the corner 
of Main and South streets, near where Rahar's Inn now stands. It was 
sold in 1760, and for twelve years there was no jail here. In 1773 a 
jail was built of logs on Pleasant street. Tlie notorious Stephen Bur- 
roughs of Pelhani was confined there in 17S6 and was chained to the 
floor after attempting to break out. In iSoi, a new jail, built of stone, 
was erected on the site of the old one, and in 1853 the present jail on 
Union street was completed. 

49. Shepherd's Island in the Connecticut river below "Old Rain- 
bow" began to form about 172Q. In 1754 it contained six or seven 
acres, about half of which was fit for cultivation. It was formed by 
accumulations of soil and sand brought down by the spring freshets. 
It was sold at "public vendue" in 1770 by order of the legislature, and 
purchased by Solomon Stoddard for one hundred pounds. In 1803, 
Levi Shepherd, Jr., bought it for $1,200, and it has since been known as 
"Shepherd's Island." It now contains about fifteen acres and is owned 
by the Mount Tom Lumber Co. The money paid for it in 1803 went to 
the county and was used to btiild a bridge in Ware. 

50. The first mill in town was a gristmill, built in 1658 ; it stood on 
the north bank of Mill river, just west of the gas-works. 

51. The "Hunt house," a fine old gambrel-roofed structure, stood 
on Main street, east of the first Edwards Church, where the Hampshire 
County Bank building now stands. It was built by Deacon Ebenezer 
Hunt in 1770 and stood exactly one hundred years, being destroyed by 
fire in 1S70. In it lived three generations of Hunts — Deacon Ebenezer 
Hunt, Dr. Ebenezer Hunt, and Dr. David Hunt. 

52. Mill river originally ran around the foot of Fort Hill and emjj- 
tied into "Danks's pond," near the lower end of South street. It was 
changed to run from lower Pleasant street directly to the Connecticut 
river in 17 10. In digging wells in Maple street, near the round house 
built by Seth Strong, large logs were found at a depth of twelve to fifteen 
feet and bright gravel, showing that the river once ran at that place. 
There are two channels of the river still visible near the foot of High 
street. 

53. Elwell's Island, just above the Connecticut river bridges, took 
its name from Levi Elwell, who lived near it. It began to form about 
seventv years ago, and for some vears was only a sand-bar. Mr. Elwell 
used to put willow twigs in the edges of the banks on the upper side and 
that caused the sand-bar to enlarge. He was the first man to plant 
anything on this island. It now contains about twenty-five acres of 
land suitable for cultivation, most of which is in grass. A ferry-boat is 
used to convey teams and the crops by means of a wire. The island is 
owned by Frank R. Elwell and Spencer Clark. 

54. A small park, oblong in shape, about 125 bv 40 feet, was made 
in Main street in 1844, of soil taken from the Governor Strong lot when 



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the Connecticut river railroad was built. Elm and maple trees were 
set in it, a low railing enclosed it, and a flagstaff stood in the middle. 
Its center was opposite the west entrance to the old savings bank. It 
was made by the contributions of the Shop Row merchants and others. 
In 1867, the town having outgrown its presence, it was removed by order 
of the selectmen. 

55. The first burials in town were made on Meeting-house hill, 
and in 1662 the burial ground was established on the "Plain," near 
Bridge street, where it has remained ever since. 




E D \v A K D s Church and Hunt House 

On East corner Main and Old South streets, where Columbian Block now stands — Hous 

built by Deacon Ebenezer Hunt in 1770, burneJ 1870 — Church built 1833, 

burned 1870 — Merritt Clark's store on the left. 



56. The present Main street along Shop Row did not begin to 
assume its present shape until 1769. The principal road to the top of 
"Meeting-house hill " was on the northerly side, in the rear of the present 
court-house. The hill was quite abrupt on the easterly side. 

57. Judge Forbes had his office and living rooms on the third floor 
of Judge Sterling's block, next west of the First Church, over the bank- 
ing rooms of the Northampton Bank and Northampton Institution for 
Savings. He hoarded at the Warner House. 



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58. In September, 1675, two men were shot and scalped by Indians 
near their homes in Paradise, while chopping wood. 

5Q. In the early years of the town's settlement the meadows were 
fenced in and used in the late season as a "common field" for pasturing. 
The fence ran from the present Connecticut river bridge along the bluffs 
off Bridge street to South-street bridge, and thence to the outlet of Man- 
han river at the base of Mount Tom. 

60. The high school for boys stood where the present Center-street 
grammar school now stands. For many years it was the only building 
on the ground between Main and Park streets and Gothic and State 
streets. 

61. In October of 
the year 1675 a body 
of Indians attacked 
seven or eight men who 
were at work in Pyn- 
chon meadow ; the men 
escaped and one In- 
dian was shot and kill- 
ed. The Indians then 
attacked the settlers 
on South street, burn- 
ing four houses and 
four barns. These 
houses stood on what 
is now known as the 
Starkweather place, 
the two home-lots to 
the south, and one on 
J, the opposite side of the 

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In Middle Meaclow, its trunk 31 feet in circumference 



62. At the foot of 
Pleasant street, on the 
northerly side of the 
road, a little west of the railroad, stood the freight-house of Capt. David 
Strong. Freight was brought up Mill river in times of high water. 
When the water was low the freight came to Hockanum ferry, and there 
was a freight house on the west bank. David Strong and his son, 
David Strong, Jr., were the captains. Most of the freight to Northamp- 
ton came by boat from Boston to Hartford, thence up the Connecticut 
river, through the canal at South Hadley Falls. This boating business 
disappeared about 1840. The old freight-house on Pleasant street re- 
mained there many years afterward. It was a long, low wooden build- 
ing, facing lengthwise to the street, and stood close to the street. 



368 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

63. The bank robbers, Robert Scott and James Dunlap, used the 
attic of one of the two one-story brick school-houses that stood near the 
Bridge-street entrance to the cemetery, as their rendezvous while plan- 
ning the robbery of the Northampton National Bank in January, 1876. 
On the night of the 26th they entered the house of Cashier John Whit- 
telsey on Elm street, now No. 184, bound and gagged the inmates and 
tortured the cashier. The bank which they robbed of securities valued 
at $1,500,000 was in Judge Sterling's block, on the west corner of Main 
and Center streets. The plunder from the bank was secreted in the 
school-house in which the robbers had secreted themselves, where it 
remained for about two weeks, when the robbers returned and carried 
it off by way of Amherst. 

64. In 1677 the meeting-house was ordered to be fortified, and it 
was surrounded with a line of palisades similar to that which enclosed 
the central part of the town. 

65. Southampton was the first part of the original town of North- 
ampton to be set off. It was incorporated as the "First Precinct" in 
1741. Its first minister was Rev. Jonathan Judd, settled in 1743; died 
in 1803, after a pastorate of sixty years. The first meeting-house was 
erected in 1752, and stood thirty-six years. 

66. Westhampton was incorporated as a town in 1778. The first 
minister was Rev. Enoch Hale, settled in 1778; he died in 1837, in the 
fifty-eighth year of his pastorate. The first meeting-house was erected 
in 1784. 

67. Easthampton became a town in 1785. Its first minister was 
Rev. Payson AVilliston, settled in 1789, retired in 1833 after a ministry 
of forty-four years, and died in 1856, aged ninety-two years. The first 
church was organized in 1785, and the first meeting-house erected the 
same vear; the house stood fifty-one years. Williston seminary was 
opened in 1841, and the first button factory in town was built in 1848. 

68. The first bridge over Mill river at the " Lickingwater crossing" 
was built in 1673. It was repaired and improved in i6g8 and a new 
bridge built in 1794. In 1842 a covered bridge was erected. This 
bridge remained in use until the new boulevard bridge was built in 1891, 
when it went to decay and was partly consumed by an incendiary fire 
on the night preceding a 4th of July. 

69. On May 13, 1704, occurred the great massacre at Pascommuck. 
Early in the morning a body of French and Indians attacked the settle- 
ment of five families between Mount Tom and the Manhan river near its 
outlet into the Connecticut. The inhabitants of the hamlet were easily 
overpowered and thirty-seven of them were taken captive. Capt. John 
Taylor, who with a troop of horsemen pursued the Indians, overtook 
them a few miles to the south on their way to Westfield. The Indians 
then killed all but half a dozen of the captives. Captain Taylor was 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 369 

shot and killed. Pie left a wife and eleven children. His house was 
on the lot afterward occupied by the Judge Joseph L\-man homestead 
on our Main street. 

70. A palisade, made of strong stakes driven into the ground, was 
erected about the most thickly settled part of the town in 1675, for |)ro- 
tection against the Indians. This palisade was assaulted a few months 
after it was built. At daybreak on the morning of March 13, 1676, a 
body of Indians, estimated to number 500, fell u]:)on the settlement from 
the north. They broke through the palisade at lower Pleasant street. 
One house was burned within the fortifications and four houses outside. 
There was a garrison of seventv-eight men inside, and such resistance 
was made that the Indians soon retreated. Four settlers and a girl w^ere 
killed, and fifteen to twent\' Indians. 




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E n \v I X K I N (, s L E \' House .^ x h B l a ( k s m i t h .S h o r 

House on the right l.milt 1792, toiii down 1S50. HoUey House and Hat Factory on the left. 
Kingsley Hcjuse and Blacksmith .Shop stood where Academy of Music now stands 

71. A sawmill was built in Leeds, then called the "Rail Hill dis- 
trict," in 1800. In iSoS a cotton mill took its place. In 1812, Col. 
James Shepherd erected a woolen mill below the cotton mill and the 
latter was soon connected with it. The place was then for forty years 
known as "Shepherd's Hollow." The Northampton Woolen Manu- 
facturing Co. succeeded and Stephen Brewer and Thomas Musgrave were 
successively its agents. Henry Clay stopped at this mill when he visited 
Northampton in 1833 and was presented with a roll of broadcloth made 
bv this companv as a sample of the product of American industry. 
Leeds is now one of the centers of the Nonotuck Silk Manufacturing 
Co.'s industries. 



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72. In 1680 the town ordered the paHsades to be repaired, and 
in 1689 they were enlarged. The town ordered that married persons 
should build three rods of palisade each, and single persons two rods. 
The western line of this fortification ran from the rear of the principal 
college building and President Seelye's house to Miss Tucker's (formerly 
Rev. Gordon Hall's), thence to Henshaw avenue, and thence to the west 
of H. R. Hinckley's house on Prospect street. It probablv inclosed 
West street and extended easterly as far as the burial ground. Its 
length was over two miles. 




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Old Wright House 
On Bridge street, built 1658, the oldest house in town 



73. The house shown in the above picture is believed to be the 
oldest house now standing in Northampton. It has been altered since 
it was built by the addition of two side wings and a change in the roof 
in the rear, which originally sloped nearly to the ground. It stands 
on what was a part of the home-lot of Cornet Joseph Parsons, which 
embraced all the land between Bridge and Market streets that fronted 
on Bridge street on the south. It was built in 1658 by Mr. Parsons soon 
after his arrival in town, and it is supposed that he kept an inn there, 
as he was licensed to keep a house of entertainment. It was held in 
the Parsons family until 1807, when it passed into the possession of 
Daniel Wright and his wife, Chloe Lyman, and has remained in posses- 
sion of their descendants ever since. Daniel Wright was postmaster of 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSi: ITS 



J71 



the town twenty-five years, and his son, Ferdinand Hunt Wright, who 
succeeded his father in occupying the house, also served as postmaster 
and was the first cashier of the Hampshire Bank. His daughter, Miss 
Anna Wright, now occupies the hot;se. 

74. The streets of the town cHd not bear their present names un- 
til 1S26, when they were named by a committee appointed by the town. 
Some of them had been designated by the name of some prominent 
resident on the street, and others bore nicknames. Hawley street went 
by the name of "Pudding lane"; Elm street was called "New Boston"; 
West street to Hospital Hill bore the name of "Welch End"; Pleasant 




The C h a u n > e V E . Parsons House 
On Bridge street, built 1744, occupied by the Parsons family 160 years 



street bore the name of the gate-keeper, "Bartlett's lane"; South street 
was called "Lickingwater " ; and Park street "Stoddard's lane." Other 
localities were known by such names as these : North Elm street as 
"Abner Hunt's"; Florence as "Paul Strong's"; fork of the roads to 
Leeds and Williamsburg as "Sol Warner's"; near Williamsburg line 
east of Haydenville as "Cap'n Fairfield's"; Roberts Meadow as "Nat 
Edwards's"; Leeds as "Shepherd's Hollow," and before that as "Rail 
Hill." 

75. A gristmill was built on the east side of Mill river, where 
Maynard's hoe-shop now stands, in 1677, and a road opened to it. This 



372 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



was called the "Upper Mill," and the mill below was called the "Lower 
Mill." These names were in common use for two hundred years. Some 
years later a gristmill and a sawmill were built on the west bank of the 
"Upper Mill" waterfall and a bridge leading to them was built below 
the dam. 

76. The house of Chauncey E. Parsons, shown in the picture, 
stands on the westerly side of Bridge street, facing the Common, and 
was built by Isaac Parsons in 1 744, the year of his marriage. It has been 
occupied by Isaac Parsons, Josiah Parsons, Lyman Parsons and Chaun- 
cev E. Parsons. There has been no material change in the house since 
its erection 160 years ago, and only descendants of the builder and first 
occupant have ever lived in it. It stands on what was originallv a 
part of the farm of Cornet Joseph Parsons, purchased by him in 1674, 
and extended from Bridge street to Market street. The farm has 
been owned and occupied by Parsons families 230 years. 

77. The town was without a bell in the meeting-house for thirtv- 
six vears. Meetings had been announced by the use of a drum or 
trumpet. 

78. In the vears around 1850 the water-cure treatment was much 
in vogue here. Dr. Charles Munde, a German, had a water-cure estab- 
lishment in Florence, west of Mill river, opposite the brush factory; he 
was preceded there by Dr. David Ruggles, a blind colored man, who 
opened the establishment in 1845 and died in 1849. The water-cure 
buildings were destroyed by fire Nov. 7, 1865. Dr. Halsted had an 
extensive water-cure establishment on Round Hill, occupying all of the 
then existing buildings north of the Clarke Institute buildings; and Dr. 
Edward E. Denniston had a large establishment on the west corner of 
North Elm street, at the junction with Prospect street, where Abner 
Hunt lived seventy-five years ago. 

79. The first paper mill in town, which was the first manufactory 
here of any importance, was built by William Butler, founder of the 
HampsJiirc Gazette. It was located where the Rogers cutlery works 
now stand, at the westerly end of Vernon street, in what has since been 
known as "Paper-mill Village." Mr. Butler made there by hand all 
the paper used in printing the Gazette. As the publication of the Gazette 
was begun Sept. 6, 1786, it is probable that the paper mill was started 
soon after that time. In 181 7, Mr. Butler sold the mill to his brother, 
Daniel Butler, who kept a store under the printing office on Pleasant 
street. He carried on the mill until his death in 1849, when it passed 
into the control of William Clark, who, with his sons William and 
Lucius, ran it many years, doing a large and profitable business. Will- 
iam Butler erected a two-story building for his printing office on the 
east side of Pleasant street. That building still stands, much as it was 
built one hundred and eighteen years ago. It stands directly opposite 
Cook's block, now occupied by the Warner Furniture Co. 



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80. On the east side of Bridge street, just north of the Josiah Par- 
sons house, stood a small brick powder house. It was Iniilt l)y John 
Clarke, who sold powder, and was used for storing that dangerous 
commoditN'. It was not much in use after 1850. 

81. The picture of the Parsons house on South street, near the 
old bridge, shows one of the oldest houses in town. It was built in 1755 
by Noah Parsons, Jr., son of Noah Parsons, who settled there in 17 12. 
The house is now about as it was wdien built 140 years ago. There have 
been none but members of the Parsons familv living on this honiestead 




T HE Lewis P a k :; o n s H o u s e 
On South street, built in 175.5, and occupied by its builder and his descendants 149 years 



for 192 years. First was Noah Parsons, then successively Noah Parsons, 
Jr., Justus Parsons, Lewis Parsons, and the present occupant, Lewis D. 
Parsons. The stately elm that stands in front of the house was set in 
1755, the vear of his marriage and the year that the house was built, 
bv Noah Parsons, Jr. It has stood there 149 years. Originally theie 
was c^uite a ravine running in front of this house jiist west of the elm 
tree and leading to the river; this ravine was partly filled when the dike 
was built in 1856 and entirely filled and the common graded in 1883. 



374 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

82. The lead mines in the west part of the town, near Loudville, 
were discovered in 1678 by Robert Lyman, a hunter. These mines 
created considerable interest in town for many years, and many votes 
relating to them are on the town records. A mining company was formed 
in 1679; two Boston men became interested, and something was done 
in working the mines, but they never yielded any profit. In 1863 the 
mines came into the control of Thomas E. Hastings and C. W. Elton, 
who made considerable stir there for about two years, ending in failure 
and bankruptcy. 

83. The first railroad to this town, the Connecticut River road, 
was opened in December, 1845. For one year cars were run only to 
Northampton; the next year the road was opened to Greenfield, and in 
1849 the road was extended to the Vermont line. The second railroad 
to this town, "the Canal road," was opened in 1855. The branch line 
to Wilhamsburg was opened in 1867. The Massachusetts Central road 
was opened in 1887. 

84. There was a brick cannon house near the school-houses on 
Bridge street, used for storing the cannon belonging to the Northampton 
artillery companv. It stood a little to the west of the Bridge-street 
entrance to the cemetery. It was there in 1840 and 1S50. 

85. The first brickyard in town was west of King street and be- 
tween Court and Park streets, opened in 1658. Another brickyard was 
opened in 1684 at the southerly end of South street, near where there is 
one now. 

86. The first innkeeper in town was John Webb, a blacksmith, 
hunter and land speculator. His house stood on the west corner of 
Main and South streets. 

87. The first court here was held March 24, 1658. Regular sessions 
began in 1661. 

88. The present City Hall was completed in 1850. The gas-works 
were ready for business in 1856. The water-works were constructed in 
1 87 1. The Northampton dike, inclosing Maple and Fruit streets, was 
built in 1856. The first street railway was opened here in 1866. The 
Hampshire, FrankHn and Hampden Agricultural Society was organized 
Jan. 22, 181 8, and the first cattle show held Oct. 14 and 15 of the same 
year. The building of the Northampton Lunatic Hospital was begun 
in 1856 and completed in 1858. The Smith Charities were estabhshed 
by the will of Oliver Smith of Hatfield in 1845. The Clarke 
Institution for Deaf Mutes was established by John Clarke in 
1867. The first pubhc library in town was begun in 1839 with the for- 
mation of a "Book club," and from that have grown the two great 
libraries founded by John Clarke and Judge Forbes. The first savings 
bank in town, the Northampton Institution for Savings, was organized 
Oct. I, 1842. The Round Hill School for boys was estabhshed by 



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375 



George Bancroft and Joseph G. Cogswell in 1823 and continued in exist- 
ence fifteen years, having at one time two hundred ])upils. A law 
school was opened here in 1823 by Elijah H. Mills and Judge Samuel 
Howe, in the L\'man block, next west of the Warner House, continuing 
six or seven years. General Louis Kossuth, the distinguished Hunga- 
rian exile, visited this town in April, 1852, and was given a reception in 
the Old Church; Hon. Lewis Strong presided and the church was crowd- 
ed. Jcnn\- Lmd, the noted singer from Sweden, came here in 185 1 
and gave a concert in the Old Church on the night before the 4th of 
July. Again, after her maniage in 1852, she visited Noithampton and 




(J L 1) T U W N H A I. I. 

On Ccmrt-hduse P;uk. built 1S14, tcjrn down 1870. Stoml on a line with Court-house and 
( »ld C'hvirch. Basement usetl by Hook and Ladder C'()in:)any. Public hay- 
scales lietween the two ehn trees 

gave a conceit in the town hall, the proceeds of $937 going to various 
local objects. 

Sq. The first stage to this town began to run in August, 1792, 
when the post-office was established. The line ran from Springfield 
to Dartmouth, N. H. The stage going north came once a week, arriv- 
ing here Monday evening, going as far as Brattleboro, where it met a 
stage line from "Dartmouth ; exchanging passengers the stage to Spring- 
field arrived here on Thursday. A stage line to and from Boston was 
established in July, 1793. 

go. Round Hill received its name from its shape. The first house 
built on its summit was erected by Thomas Shepherd in 1803, and soon 



376 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

afterward his brother, Levi Shepherd, erected the house next, to the 
north. The fourth house was built by CoL James Shepherd. These 
four houses stood there in 1823, when they were sold to Joseph G. Cogs- 
well and George Bancroft for their Round Hill School for boys. 

91. The Tontine building was in its day a structure of note. It 
stood on. the easterly corner of Bridge and Hawley streets, fronted two 
hundred feet on Bridge street and one hundred on Hawley, and was 
three stories high. It was used for shops by various mechanics and had 





Old C l .v r i; l L; i. u l k , S h o r K o w 

7'tt^c'n /ro>n a business card of 1S40 

This picture represents the brick 'store built by Samuel Clarke in 181S. It stcjod on the site of 
the present Clarke block. The picture is the only accurate representation of any portion of Shop 
Row as it existed previous to 1850, that is now in existence. Augustus Clarke was a son of Samuel 
Clarke, and succeeded his father in trade in this store in 1838. The picture shows the store as it 
was in 1840. It was at that time the most easterly store on Shop Row, the building below it being 
the dwelling-house of Theodore Strong, on the corner of Main and Pleasant streets. The business 
of this store was that of the usual country variety store, or " department store" of modern times. 

a dancing hall in the third story. It was erected in 1786. There must 
have been a "high old tiine" when the frame was raised, judging by the 
supplies furnished. There were eighteen gallons of rum, four gallons of 
brandy, thirty pounds of loaf sugar, three pounds of brown sugar, 
ninety-nine pounds of beef, thirty-six pounds of veal, Capt. Clarke's 
bill of five pounds, eight shillings (probably for more rum, as he kept a 
tavern in the Washburn House close by), and cake and cheese. The 
buildiiiCT was burned in 18 16. 



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92. Sylvester judd, anti(]uarian, historian, com])i]er of the Judd 
manuscripts, editor of Ilainpsliirc (nizcitc twelve years, author of " Judd's 
History of Hadlev," lived on the west corner of Elm street and Paradise 
road. 

93. June 14, 1825, Gen. Lafayette came to Northam])ton and was 
given a roval reception. He came from Pittsfield over the mountains 
and was met at Roberts Meadow^ by Hon. Joseph Lyman, sheriff of the 
county, and a committee of citizens, a body of cavalry, and a number of 
citizens, and escorted to upper Elm street, where several military com- 
panies were ready to greet him. The procession came into town amid 
the noise of cannon and a demonstration of joy rarely witnessed. The 
General alighted at the Warner House, where he was introduced to the 
selectmen. " Then followed a general reception in Main street by the 
people of the town. The school children were out to greet him and 
flowers were strewn in his pathway. Then he stopped at the meeting- 
house, where he was introduced to a large number of ladies. Then came 
a reception and dinner at the Warner House, Elijah H. Mills presiding. 
At two o'clock the General started for Boston, being escorted to the 
Connecticut liver bv the same procession that escorted him into town. 

94. These names were given to sections of the meadows by the. 
first settlers: "Old Rainbow" and "Young Pvainbow" to the section 
along the Connecticut river west of Shepherd's Island; "Walnut Trees," 
south of "Young Rainbow"; "Venturer's Field," from "Walnut Trees" 
to Pomeroy Terrace; al)ove "Venturer's Field" up to the bridge was 
called "Last Division"; on the river opposite Shepherd's Island was 
"Bark Wigwam"; following the Connecticut to the mouth of Mill river 
was "Middle Meadow"; between "Middle Meadow" on the south and 
"Walnut Trees" and "Venturer's Field" on the north were "First." 
"Second" and "Third Squares"; "Manhan Meadow," named from 
Manhan river, embraced all now bounded by Mill river on the east, the 
"Old Bed" on the south, and Fort Hill on the west; "Hog's Bladder" 
lav south of the "Old Bed"; "Pynchon's Meadow" (120 acres) was 
north of Hulbert's (since known as Danks's) Pond. These names are 
still retained in common use. 

95. Henrv Clav visited Northampton in 1833. He was then a 
U. S. Senator from Kentuckv and came here with his wife on a tour of 
the country. He was met in Springfield by a committee from Northamp- 
ton, headed bv Hon. Isaac C. Bates, and escorted into town by a caval- 
cade of citizens. Thev stopped at the Mansion House, and Mr. Clay 
attended the services in the "Old Church" on Sunday morning and at 
the Unitarian Church m the afternoon The next morning he started 
for Pittsfield, passing through "Shepherd's Hollow," where the opera- 
tives in the woolen mill were drawn up in line to greet him. Thence on 
through Roberts Meadow, past "Nat Edwardses," over the turnpike, 
through Worthington, Peru and Pittsfield, to Albany. ', 



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JsAAC Gere, Goldsmith Jemima Kingslev Gere 

From oil paintings matle in the year 1800 



96. Isaac Gere, whose portrait appears herewith, built the first 
brick store in Northampton, in 1808. It stood on the site of the present 
Northampton National Bank building, and was then "directly opposite 
the meeting-hous5." After his death, in 181 2, it was sold to John 
Clarke, who carried on his business there until 1846. Mr. Gere came 
here from Preston, Conn., in 1793, and began business for himself in 
1794. He was a veiy successful man. The original pictures, three by 
four feet, painted in 1800, show distinctly the dress of that time — 
ruffled shirt bosom, buff vest, knee breeches, silk stockings and 
powdered hair. In the picture Mr. Gere looks like an elderly man, 
ijecause of his powdered hair, but he was only twenty-nine years of age 
when his portrait was painted and only forty when he died. His wife 
was the seventh of the nin^ daughters of Enos Kingsley, who lived in 
the house on South stieet, where his descendant, Prof. George Kingsley, 
lived, shown on page 379 of this book. When her portrait was painted 
she was only twenty years of age. These pictures are from the oldest 
oil paintings reproduced in this volume. 

97. Florence has had a surprising growth. The first settler there 
was Joseph Warner, near the fork of the road to the great bridge, and 
none but Warners have ever lived there. In 181 2 there were only seven 
houses in the place, and as late as 1847 the number had increased to 
only about a dozen. The manufacture of silk was one of the first enter- 
prises in the place, and to that industry Florence owes its prosperity. 



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The niull)crry s])Cculation of 1835 to 1845 was not without good results, 
as it created Florence. The then hamlet was one vast mulberry field; 
400 to 500 acres of land were devoted to mulberr}' culture, under the 
lead of Samuel Whitmarsh. The bubble burst, but its germ lived, and 
one of the most flourishing of New England villages is the result. 

98. Cider mills were common after apple trees came into general 
cultivation. There was one in 1840 at the entrance to Paradise road, 
owned by Ansel Jewett. The last of these mills near the center was at 
the South end of South street, run by Curtis W. Braman. 

gq. Smith College, though not an ancient historical institution, 
deserves mention here. It stands on historical ground of great interest, 




R E S I U E \ C E 



I- P K 



G I- 



K I N 



Curns;- (_)1 1 Srath Str33t ami Mill Lane — Huiise stc-ud where New South Street 

now runs 



where Lieutenant William Clark built his log house in 1659. It was 
founded bv Miss Sophia Smith of Hatfield in 1870, with an endowment 
of $386,608, to which the town of Northampton added $25,000. The 
college was dedicated July 14, 1875. The first entering class numbered 
thirteen. The college has grown with astonishing rapidity until the 
present number of students is upward of eleven hundred. Financially, 
also, the college has been remarkably successful, and that with only a 
few gifts from appreciative friends. President L. Clark Seelye has been 
the head of the institution from the beginning, and to his superior 
counsel, far-seeing wisdom and rare executive abilities the college owes 
verv much of its remarkable prosperity. 



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100. The "Old Church." There have been twenty meeting-houses 
built in Northampton, four of which have been destroyed by fire, but no 
one of them has taken so deep a hold of the hearts of the people as the 
"Old Church" of i8i 2-1876. That old meeting-house became a part 
of the life of the town. It was the center around which all else revolved. 
It was affectionately called the "Old Church." No other building in 
town was so much admired, none other so much loved. It was a beau- 
tiful specimen of architecture, and many and sad were the hearts that 
witnessed its destruction by fire in the afternoon of June 27, 1876. 

10 1. In the last sixty years the center of the town has been almost 
wholly changed. Hardly a building remains just as it was in 1844. 
With three or four exceptions, every church edifice, every public build- 
ing, every store and shop, and every house, on Main street, have been 
entirely rebuilt and enlarged, or altered so as to lose their old-time 
appearance. The exceptions are the Holley house and barn, canal 
storehouse. Dr. Higbee's house, and Butler's old printing office and 
store building on the east side of Pleasant street. Dr. Higbee's house 
has been modernized in its appearance so that George Bennett, its old- 
time occupant, would hardly recognize it, and an addition has been 
made to the east side of the canal storehouse. George Bancroft, the 
historian and founder of the Round Hill School, should he walk these 
streets again, would not know where he was. The old landmarks, once 
so familiar to him, have disappeared; and the people, his associates in 
the years of his prime, who listened wath so much pleasure to the 
charm of his eloquence, they also are gone. 




^^ 



OLD TIMES 



O call IjiK'k vesterday, bid Time return! 

Shakespeare 



'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours. 

YouNc; 



Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, 
Long, long ago; long, long ago. 

Thomas Hayxes Bayly 



I love everything that's old — old friends, 
Old times, old manners, old books, old wine. 

Goldsmith 



How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start 
When memory plays an old tune on the heart. 

Ell2a Cook 



Oft in the stilly night, 

Ere slumber's chain has bound me, 
Fond mem'ry brings the light 

Of other days around me ! 

Thomas Moore 



There are no times like the old times — they shall never be forgot ! 
There is no place like the old place — keep green the dear old spot 
There are no friends like the old friends — may Heaven prolong 
their lives ! 

Oliver Wendell Holmes 



THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



IT WAS recognized very early in the plans for the Celebration that, 
to make a success, the historical collection was of first impo tance; 
no: only because there existed a wealth of antiquities pertaining 
to the town's first rettlement, still in the possession of lineal descend- 
ants of the original families in the valley, but also because the exhi- 
bition of these relics would constitute about the only substantial evi- 
dence for justifying the Celebration. 

To properly cover this field, a special 
committee of twenty-two was nominated by 
the Celebration Committee of fifteen and 
appointed by the city government, and in- 
cluded Thomas M. Shepherd as designated 
chairman of the committee. 

This committee, recognizing the peculiar 
significance of this department of the Cele- 
bration, desired to avoid what might be 
called only a loan exhibition of antiques, 
having possibly little or no historic bearing, 
and to direct all efl^orts to a more dignified 
and higher purpose. Their two great aims 
were, firstly, to illustrate the religious, social, 
political and business character of the early 
settlers, as might be shown by the existing 
possessions, arranged in an attractive man- 
■ ner; and, secondly, to secure, if possible, 
the loan of authentic heirlooms, documents 
and articles, relating to the settlement of the 
town itself, during its early stages of develop- 
ment and the collection of articles which 
belonged to or were associated with noted local personages. 

In order to insure unity of action and to guard against wasted 
effort, the committee unanimously adopted, at the first meeting, a 
detailed plan, devised by the chairman, whereby they divided them- 
selves into five sub-committees, of information, exhibition, solicita- 
tion, transportation, and protection, a few members of each commit- 
tee being responsible for that committee's work, yet each member 
being liable to be called upon for active work, and each committee 
reporting their actions and requests to the general chairman. 







NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 383 



The sub-committ e of information sought to gain all ])ossil)le in- 
formation regarding the whereabouts of the relics desired, and report 
them to the committee on solicitation. They were also expected to 
give information regarding these articles to the visitors. John L. 
Mather was chairman and he was assisted bv Prof. Marv A. Jordan 
and Prof. Harry N. Gardiner. 

Seth S. AVarncr was chairman of the solicitation committee, and, 
assisted by Miss Harriet J. Kneeland, Miss Nancy L. Miller and 
Mrs. Gertrude Quimby Clapp, chrect appeal was made to the owners 
of articles desired. Few i)ersons can realize the large amount of pa- 
tience, judgment, tact and time required in this department, unless 
they have been in a similar position, for the owners of manv of the 
valuable relics desired were extremely unwilling to remove them from 
their time-honored positions, and risk their loss in the recjuired transit. 

To counteract this objection a s\-stem was devised bv the general 
chairman, wdiereby a receipt was handed to the owners of articles, 
on removal to the place of exhibition, to be surrendered again upon 
their return. This was carried out bv means of a speciallv prepared 
coupon book, which furnished a receipt for the owner, a coupon to 
be fastened to the article, and a record of the article itself, for the 
information of the exhibition committee. 

This objection was still further removed bv the labor of Dr. 
Osmore O. Roberts, Henry N. Ferry of the protection committee, 
and others, who sought in every way to guard the relics from fire and 
theft, Ijoth l)v ample fire insurance and special watchmen from the 
fire department dav and night, by private detectives, and bv limiting 
attendance at anv one time to fiftv people. 

In order to prevent possible handling of these exhibits bv dis- 
honest people, a strict rule was made that no one, not even the com- 
mittee themselves, was to be allowed to touch the articles, during the 
hours of exhibition. 

Frank I. Washburn principally, assisted by William F. Pratt and 
Robert E. Edwards, arranged for the careful transportation of the 
relics and their return. The very careful services of George W. Wade 
and other employes greatly facilitated their labors. 

The committee of exhibition arranged the collection itself, in the 
appropriate setting provided. Great credit is deservedly given to the 
verv efficient chairman, Mrs. Gertrude Quimby Clapp, for the appro- 



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priate selection of the articles best suited to represent the setting of 
the old-time rooms, in which work she was assisted by Mrs. David 
W. Crafts, Miss Adelene Moffat, Miss Harriet L. Clapp, Miss Mary 
St. John Willcox and others. 

To the good judgment, tact, earnestness and self-denying labor 
of all the active members of these committees the people are indebted 
for the success of the whole exhibition. 

The collection was appropriately housed in the Boise (and Bell) 
homestead on Gothic street, an old colonial homestead, recently ac- 
quired and generously loaned by the woman's department of the Home 
Culture Clubs of the city, as part of their contribution to the Celebra- 
tion, and certainly the attractive old mansion, with its white painted 
pillars and porticos, standing on a slight eminence, above the street, 
and easilv found, was a fit repository for the treasures it contained. 

In this old homestead the 
exhibition committee, with 
much good taste, arranged the 
articles, so as to portray the 
peculiar customs of bygone 
days, grouping them in the 
appropriate places and man- 
ner; so that visitors, on enter- 
ing the doorway, found prac- 
tically the facsimile of a home 
of the olden time. On the 
second floor, two bedrooms, 
with their ancient four-post 
beds and toilet tables; on the 
first, the library, two parlors, 
dining-room and kitchen, each 
equipped with untisual completeness and appropriateness. 

It is evidently impossible, in the space allotted, to adequately 
describe or even mention but a small portion of this large and beau- 
tiftil collection. Nearlv every article was rare, even exceptional of 
its kind. Some were delicate, ornate and costly; others austere and 
practical, each having its own interesting story of national glory, in 
peace or war, of domestic privation, industry and success. 

So dearlv and closelv are these relics esteemed that it was almost 




Household Arts Building of Home Culture 
Clubs, ox Gothic Street 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 385 



a desecration to ask even the temporary loan, under all the safeguards 
provided, and only with evident reluctance and after earnest solici- 
tation did some of them leave the owners' hands. 

Who could relate all the traditions, sentiment and history con- 
nected with these many ancient relics, but very few of which were less 
than loo years of age? Not a few were enveloped with those charm- 
ing, misty legends of tender home associations, of pride, devotion, 
love, all sufficiently true today to hnd many believing listeners, glad 
to circulate and possibly magnify the interesting tales. 

Many phases of life, many arts and industries, were represented, 
ranging from the little piece of bed ticking, made from flax, sown, 
grown, hatcheled, dyed and woven in the town of Southampton, to 
the bluish gray satin suit worn by John Huggerford, at the Court of 
England, in 1774. 

There were first attempts at family portraitures, antedating the 
silhouette and the daguerreotype in the embroidered "family pieces." 
There were linen pillow slips, showing the many painstaking stitches 
of our great-grandmothers; relics of the historical characters of the 
town. Major Hawley's. desk and christening robe, Colonel Porter's 
carving set. Judge Henshaw's buckles, and the sermon notes of that 
old-time divine. Rev. Timothy Edwards. There were portraits of 
famous men, from Washington and Choate to local celebrities, like 
the Trumbulls and Henshaws. There was the diary of Gen. Seth 
Pomeroy, and pewter tankards, made by that old-time silversmith 
and hero, Paul Revere, Millennium and Pilgrim plates, now almost 
worth their weight in gold, a cane made from the wood of the old church 
in Deerfield, with its tragic associations of Indian raids and mas- 
sacres, "highboys," "lowboys," Mayflower tables, Chippendale and 
Hepplewhite chairs, and old oaken brass-bound chests, and many 
other relics and examples of the life long ago faded into the past. 

As it is so evidently impossible to describe all these many interest- 
ing exhibits, singly and with detail, in the space allotted, we can only 
list briefl^^ the general catalogue of the collection, arranged alphabet- 
ically and according to ownership. 



Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard M. Abbott. It is not often that the 
receipts for articles purchased are preserved and handed down in the 
family more than a hundred vears, but the authenticity of an ancient 



386 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

pewter tankard, exhibited by Mrs. Abbott, was thus established, for 
it tells us that it was bought by her great-grandfather, Samuel Barker, 
in 1768, and cost two pounds sterling. Neither is it probable that 
little Priscilla Flynt was thinking of the ultimate destination of the 
sampler which she so laboriously made when she embroidered upon 
it her name, date and age, just nine years old, in 1796. Here, too, 
were the slippers belonging to the wedding outfit of another ancestor, 
made in Lvnn in 1775; and also an embroidered skirt from the same 
exhibitor. 

Miss Clara C. Allen. A "licquor case," with bottles and glasses 
used in travelling many years ago. These were imported by the 
Champlins of Newport, ancestors of Miss Allen, and bear the date of 

1765- 

Miss M. Annette Allen. An ancient and beautiful mirror, 
framed in gilt and rosewood, which appears in the photograph of the 
dining-roora, just showing through the open door of the library. 

Miss Mary T. Allis. Another mirror, which is said to have once 
reflected the fair face of that belle of the long ago. Miss Polly Pome- 
roy, who once lived in the old colonial house, situated where the Ma- 
sonic block now stands. 

Mrs. Ann W. Alvord. A pitcher, with Governor Strong's por- 
trait upon it, exhibited in the library. 

Lewis F. Babbitt. The Rev. Timothy Edwards of East Wind- 
sor, Conn., lived and preached at a period when sermons were lengthy 
dissertations and the chief requisite of a minister was that he should 
be a good sermonizer. The "Thumb Notes" that this old-time parson 
used, were here exhibited by his descendants, through Anna Edwards, 
one of his ten children and a sister of Jonathan Edwards, the famous 
metaphysician. 

Miss Jane F. Bigelow. The Arts and Crafts societies are now 
copying the patterns and colorings of the old blue and white bed- 
spreads used so many years ago. The article exhibited by Miss Big- 
elow was a fine example of the lost art of home coloring, of a time 
when the blue dye tub was a household institution. This spread was 
used to cover the Mayflower table seen in the photograph of the back 
parlor. She also exhibited an embroidered picture, which can be seen 
in the illustration hanging near the spinnet. 

Miss Clara P. Bodman. Desirable articles from a collector's 
point of view are the examples of illustrated crockery made to com- 
memorate notable events, in the early part of the 19th century. Miss 
Bodman had here some choice souvenirs of this nature, and of great 
commercial value now. Among them were a Boston State House 
plate, States plate, Mt. Vernon pitcher, and a Lafayette-at-the-tomb- 
of-Franklin teapot. The soup tureen, once among the furnishings of 
Polly Pomeroy, seen in the picture on the Mayflower table in the 



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dining-room, was also included in this collection of china. She also ex- 
hibited a lantern, one of the relics of the handiwork of Paul Revere. 
Perhaps this lantern was of the same pattern as that hung in the bell- 
fry of the Old North Church, by William Dawes, on that notable night 
of long ago, when Revere went galloping down through Middlesex 
villages, on his errand of warning. The foot-stove and warming-pan, 
also in Miss Bodman's collection, well showed the hardships of those 
days, and, contrasted with the furnaces and hot-water bags of the 
present, seem but poor comforts. 

Miss Hanxah E. Brewer. Another relic of the Paul Revere days 
was a tankard of silver, one of the samples of his handiwork and truly 
authentic, for his name was embossed upon its surface. Miss Brewer 
also loaned a silver pepper pot or box, said to be over 175 years old, 
and made by that hero of ancient days. In the parlor was hung a 
portrait of Judge Joseph Lyman, grandfather of Frank Lvman. 

Charles J. Bridgman. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. David Judd, 
ancestors of Mr. Bridgman. Mr. Judd is said to have built the old 
court-house. These portraits hung over the spinnet in the parlor and 
are seen in the photograph. Also two ivory miniatures of Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas Bridgman, his grandparents. 

Miss Sarah M. Butler. Miss Butler exhibited, besides some 
ancient candlesticks and salt cellars, an army commission of her father, 
Jonathan Hunt Butler. 

William A. Champney. A reproduction of Stuart's beautiful 
portrait of George Washington. 

Haynes H. Chilson. A A-ery ancient Chinese plate, once owned 
by Hon. Isaac C. Bates, when Senator of the United States from North- 
ampton. 

Mrs. Gertrude Quimby Clapp. 
Both Mrs. Clapp and her sister, 
Miss Flora Quimby, exhibited some 
interesting articles, which, though 
not all of strictly local interest, 
served as an excellent illustration 
of the early period represented 
by this exhibition. Notable 
among them was a tea urn, made 
about one hundred and thirty 
years ago, of copper, silver plated, 
a method of manufacture which is 
being revived by the silversmiths 
of today. It was of a graceful 
shape and in it there was a solid 
iron plunger, which when heated 
served to keep the beverage warm. 
From this urn tea was served to 




Old Portrait 



Lafayette 



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LAFAYETTE IN NORTHAMPTON — 1825 
Frdiii a very old wood cut illustrating Lafayette street reception 



Lafayette during his visit to Concord, Mass., in 1825. Mrs. Clapp and 
Miss Quimby also sent to the exihibtion, mirrors, table, chairs, etc., 
some of which belonged to the Cephas Clapp family, and which, besides 
being very old, helped to give an attractive appearance to the rooms 

Miss Frances A. Clark. 
There was seen in the 
dining-room, at the left 
hand of the sideboard, an 
ancient platter enclosed in 
a glass case. This can be 
noticed in the photograph 
and was the property of 
Miss Clark. It was one of 
the wedding presents of 
her great -grandmother and 
is said to be 150 years old. 
Also, a program of one of 
the Jenny Lind concerts, 
and one of those ancient 
cane swords, which seemed to be a cane until closer inspection revealed 
the fact that there was a sword concealed in the hollow tube of the 
cane. These canes were used in Revolutionary times, from which this 
one dated. 

Dr. Sidney A. Clark. Two plates of much value among the 
antic^ues. One was of the Dr. Syntax pattern and the other repre- 
sented the landing of Lafayette. Dr. Clark also loaned several other 
interesting and valuable pieces. 

Misses Julia C. and Annie B. Clarke. One of the most inter- 
esting exhibits. In the picture of the front parlor, at the left hand 
side, can be seen Major Hawley's handsome maple desk, and upon 
it are placed a tea caddy and china bowl, from his household furnish- 
ings. The curtains hanging near it were originally bed curtains and 
were separated over one hundred years ago. One was handed down 
in the Northampton branch of the family and the other became the 
property of relatives in Plainfield and was used as a bedspread and 
for other purposes. At last, after one hundred years separation, these 
two curtains were brought together for this exhibition. The Misses 
Clarke also loaned three handsome chairs, which were part of the wed- 
ding presents of Anna Barnard, who married Joseph Clarke, grand- 
father of the present owners, and who died in 1774. He was the nephew 
of Major Hawley's wife, and was named for and adopted by Major 
Hawley. 

Mrs. David C. Crafts. Mrs. Crafts exhibited a large collection 
of ancient and valuable china, which was shown in the cabinet in 
the dining-room One of the rarest pieces was a custard cup of the 



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Boston State House pattern, which possessed the pecuHar (hstinction 
of an unbroken cover. There was also a Herculaneum platter, a Mt. 
Vernon pitcher and a Franklin sugar bowl. Another article was a 
sugar bowl made of the old Liverpool ware, v^ery seldom seen, as the 
Liverpool ware was made of poor clay and hence broke easily. There- 
fore its raritv now. Besides the china Mrs. Crafts loaned a sundial 
which once belonged to Amasa Case of Bloomfield, Conn., four gener- 
ations back. Opposite Mr. Case's front door and from a cherry tree 
near by, there hung a copper bell, which was rung by means of a wire, 
for five minutes each day, as determined by the sundial, at the hour 
of twelve and also on special occasions. But as the sundial refused 
to work on cloudy days, there was then no bell, and the neighborhood 
had no timc|)iecc. 

Mrs. Chester H. Dakin. Mrs. Dakm gave to the collection a 
rare and beautiful evidence of early local art in the shape of a powder 
horn. These powder horns were made from the horns of oxen, first 
scraped very thin, and then engraved. The light showing through 
the thin surface of the horn brought out the engraving and made the 
article very beautiful. The one shown was a fine example of this early 
species of art work. These horns were the onlv means of carrving 
powder in those days, and are often seen m the illustrations of the 
battles and skirmishes of the Revolution. 

Milton E. Daniels. An ancient sofa, seen in the back parlor, 
and said to be the first brought to the town of Northampton. 

Mrs. Milton E. Daniels. One of the three objects of the His- 
torical Collections Committee was to show the early methods of sup- 
plying household needs. A fine example of this were the spools for 
winding yarn, called "Swifts," which were loaned by Mrs. Daniels. 

Mrs. Henry C. Day. Two pair of brass candlesticks, one of 
which mav be seen in the photograph of the front parlor, standing 
on the table. 

Lucius DiMOCK. An oil painting representing the early appear- 
ance of Main street, at the corner of King street. 

Miss Fannie W. Edwards. Pillowcases belonging to Miss Ed- 
wards' great-great-grandmother, being a part of her wedding outfit, 
and dating from 1759. 

Miss Mary Ann Edwards. A bead bag and necklace, samples 
of the early beadwork which has been somewhat revived at the present 
day. Also some china plates. 

Robert E. Edwards. A number of years ago Dr. William Prince 
was superintendent at the Insane Asylum, and at that time purchased 
and had, in his rustic cottage on Park Hill, the fine example of an early 
stvle of table which shows so prominently in the pictures of the din- 
ing-room. This he purchased of Deacon Bartlett of Westhampton, 




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who called it a Mayflower table. It is known to the trade, however, 
as a thousand-legged table. This, which later came into the possession 
of Mr. Edwards, is a beautiful specimen. Another interesting exhibit 
was a water-color picture, painted by Mary Ann Gibbs, a member of 
one of the early prominent families of Blandford, which was at that 
time, with all the towns in Hampden, Franklin and Berkshire, a part 
of Hampshire County. Besides these Mr. Edwards sent an old num- 
ber of the Hampshire Gazette, of interest and value, as it bore the 
mourning borders for the death of George Washington, and was the 
first issue after that event. Another of Mr. Edwards' exhibits was 
the handsome mirror which hung in the hall. 

The Ferry-King Collection. 

Mrs. Henry N. Ferry. Mrs. Ferry had a large and interesting 
collection, which also contained the rarest exhibit of the whole, and 
the one most truly representing the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Cel- 
ebration. This was the cane of Capt. John King, the son of Sir John 
King, who was Secretary of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth. Captain 
King came over from England and settled here in 1655, where King 
street now is, and later named the new settlement Northampton, after 
his old home in England. The engraved pewter-headed cane was 
carried by him at that time, and was truly the most precious relic 
of the whole loan collection. It was procured by Mrs. Ferry of the 
ninth generation, from its owner, George Warren King of Middleport, 
N. Y., another descendant of the old captain, who generously con- 
sented to send it to her for this purpose. Contemporary in point of 
time with the cane was an Indian war club, captured from the ma- 
rauding tribes by Lieut. John King, son of the captain, and who mar- 
ried the daughter of Deacon Medad Pomeroy. Both are used as vig- 
nettes at the head of this chapter. Mrs. Ferry also sent copies of 
the early newspapers, with the unfamiliar names of the Hive, Oracle, 
and Democrat, maps and early text-books, souvenir papers of the time 
of Jenny Lind's visit in 1852, an Oxford Bible printed in the year 
1728, samplers, mugs, and a spoon once belonging to Judge Charles E. 
Forbes and bearing his monogram; an embroidery table and a fine 
example of the simple form of cradle used in days of old, made of the 
plainest wood, and with a wooden hood at the end. 

Edward N. Foote. Safety deposit boxes are a comparatively 
recent invention. In old times, when there were none, people relied 
upon secret drawers in their desks, and placed their valuable docu- 
ments therein. Mr. Foote loaned one of these desks, with its secret 
drawer. Also one of the tall highboys, said to be two hundred years 
old, and which was placed in the back parlor near the door. Besides 
these he sent a Lafayette pitcher, given to his great-grandfather in 
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392 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Prof. Harry N. Gardiner. The handsome mahogany sofa which 
stood in the hall was loaned with other furniture by Professor Gard- 
iner. The Windsor rocking-chair, with a high comb back, which can 
be seen in the picture of the dining-room, standing before the open 
door of the library, was one of these. Its arms were considerably 
mutilated, perhaps by some one dreaming before the fire and occupy- 
ing his time by whittling; an ancient custom, now happily going into 
desuetude. 

Henry S. Gere. A framed certificate given by Joseph Lyman, 
president, and J. H. Lyman, secretary, of the Hampshire, Franklin and 
Hampden Agricultural Society, as a prize for the best calf exhibited at 
the first fair held by this society, by Chester Smith of Smith's Ferry, 
Oct. 20, 1819, and of interest, as it was one of the few relics shown of 
this old society, now nearly one hundred years established. 

John C. Hammond. Mr. Hammond sent an antique, which in 
point of age antedated even Captain King's cane, being a copy of 
Dyer's reports published in London in the long ago days of 1585. 

Mrs. John S. Hitchcock. A knee buckle, once worn by George 
Washington. This was a part of a set for coat, knee and shoes and 
was given to Mrs. Hitchcock's great-grandfather by Nellie Custis, 
the step-daughter of George Washington. 

David E. Hoxie. A pewter dish, once used for collecting tolls 
at Roberts Meadow, in the palmy days of stage-coaching, when the 
four-in-hands rolled merrily along the old Bay Road, from Boston 
to Albany. Also the c[uaint candle holder standing in the dining- 
room, and what was of great interest to the student of early crafts, 
a set of tools used in preparing leather for use, called then reducing 
leather, such as the tanning, removing hair, blacking and polishing 
of hides. 

Prof. Mary E. Jordan. The sideboard standing in the dining- 
room was owned and exhibited by Prof. Mary E. Jordan of Smith 
College. It was a fine example of the 18th century sideboard, with 
its so-called wine partitions, for holding bottles of wine, then a sup- 
posed necessary adjunct of every well-to-do New England household, 
for it was used at a time when flip and toddy glasses took the places of 
the tea cups of nowadays. Miss Jordan also sent a corner cupboard, 
which contained her fine collection of china, a collection of slight local 
significance, but of great value here, as illustrating the household 
utensils of early days. The copper urn on the sideboard was also 
hers, as well as the large soup tureen, a tureen made to accommodate 
the needs of the large families of those times. A visitor from the 
hill towns was shown this, and was afterwards heard to exclaim, "It's 
no such thing. It's nothing in the world but a baby's bathtub. Why, 
my grandmother had one like it." Miss Jordan also loaned a clock, 
said to be the first in the town of Chesterfield, a copy of Trumbull's 
famous portrait of Washington, mirrors, lowboys, etc. 



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Miss Harriet J. Kneeland. Miss Kneeland loaned portraits 
of her grandfather and grandmother, Seth Strong and his wife, Phoebe. 
Mr. Strong was a descendant of Elder John Strong, who was one of 
the first elders in the town, coming here soon after its settlement. 
Seth Strong fought in the war of 1812, was a member of the Legisla- 
ture in 1833, and built the famous round house on Maple street. An- 
other exhibit of interest in the county were the andirons of an old- 
time parson, the Rev. Moses Hallock of Plainfield, famous as being 
the instructor of many young men who afterwards made themselves 
noted. Among others he prepared William Cullen Bryant for Will- 
iams College. 

Miss Ellen E. Kneeland. A handsome mirror and one of the 
old embroidered pictures. 

Mrs. Wallace H. Krause. Mrs. Krause possesses a number 
of the belongings of two of the local celebrities. Senator Isaac C. Bates 
and Judge Henshaw. Among those of the former here shown were 
some specimens of old Canton China silverware and glass, and with 
them a cup and saucer used when Daniel Webster visited the Senator. 
Also furniture, cane, bell, and an old chest, shaped like a log, and 

covered with leather, of which the hair 
was left on, in a manner that but few of 
us have seen. Of Judge Henshaw's be- 
longings, there were shown the Paul 
Revere teapot, owned by him, and portraits 
of Judge and Mrs. Henshaw, and also of 
Senator and Mrs. Bates. 

Samuel W. Lee. Mr. Lee's exhibit was 
a cane made from wood used in building 
the old church in Deerfield, associated in 
our minds with the sad tales of Indian 
raids, and bloody tragedies of the 17th 
century, which make the darkest chapters 
in the history of Western Massachusetts. 
Albert A. and Robert W. Lyman. 
An old chair, once the possession of their 
great-grandfather, Jonathan Judd. Also 
his concordance, dated in 1662, and of a 
time when the Bible was interpreted in 
a verv different and more literal manner 
than now. This Mr. Jonathan Judd was the friend of Jonathan 
Edwards and is said to have escorted him to Stockbridge after his 
dismission. There was also in this donation, books and an ancient 
pair of bellows. 

Bv another exhibitor was loaned the cradle of the historian, Syl- 
vester Judd. This was procured in New Jersey. 




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John L. Mather. An interesting collection, of which one of 
the oldest pieces shown was a tall clock, handed down in the family 
for five generations and formerly owned by Dr. Samuel Mather, of 
the noted family of Increase and Cotton Mather, the latter a celeVjrated 
exponent and believer in the famous witch delusion. One of this 
family, Eleazar Mather, was born on May 13, 1637; graduated from 
the infant college of Harvard in 1656; removed to Northampton in 
165S; was ordained minister there on June 18, 1661, and died on July 
4, 1669. 

Mr. Mather also loaned the great silver watch, once the property 
of his great-grandfather. Dr. Elisha Mather, one of the old-time phy- 
sicians of the town, born in 1706, a graduate of Yale in the class 
of 1726 and wdio died in 1779. The first Eleazar, father of Eleazar, 
the first minister, as above mentioned, was educated abroad, and 
brought back with him a copy of the family coat of arms, which was 
here shown. The three-cornered mahogany table used to partly fur- 
nish one of the bedrooms, was traced back to Dr. vSamuel Mather, but 
is thought to have possibly belonged to Esther, widow of Rev. Eleazar, 
who later married Rev. Solomon Stoddard and was grandmother of 
Rev. Jonathan Edwards. 

Besides these interesting exhibits, Mr. Mather sent a collection 
of deeds of great age and value. One was from Jonathan Edwards, 
to Samuel Mather, for land on the Hatfield road, now King street, 
for which ;^54 was paid on June 3, 1753. Another from Hope Root 
to Dr. Samuel Mather, the land where the City Hotel now stands, for 
£^70 on May 3, 1734. One from Asahel Pomeroy to Eleazar Mather, 
and the last from Nathaniel Dickinson to Samuel Mather in 1754, for 
land in the Walnut Tree division of the Northampton meadows. 

A daughter of Rev. Eleazar Mather is said to have been one of the 
victims of the Indian raids and was abducted from Deerfield, carried 
toward Canada and murdered on the way. 

Another exhibit portraying the life of those early years was the 
flip-glass and toddy-stick, used when sugar was imported in a hard 
loaf, and having been broken into lumps, was pounded in the glass 
with the toddy-stick, in order to dissolve the quicker. 

Mrs. Ch.\rles A. Maynard. A high four-poster bedstead, of 
the kind used when people climbed up a set of steps and into a 
mountain of featherbeds. This was formerly the property of the 
famous Dr. Charles Seeger and was used to furnish one of the bed- 
rooms here. 

Miss Nancy L. Miller. The fireplaces of the olden time were 
the first method of heating houses. Next came the fire frames, made 
of iron and projecting from the fireplaces. After this, the Franklin 
stoves were invented, and lastly that comparatively recent invention, 
box stoves, now in general use. Miss Miller loaned a fine specimen 



396 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



of the Franklin stove, which can be seen in the photo of the dining- 
room. Another of her exhibits was a cradle w^hich once rocked to 
sleep Guy Minshall, afterwards inventor of numerous useful articles, 
such as looms. One invention was a hquid used to apply to steel to 
straighten it. Mr. Minshall died without having imparted the secret, 
which, as the last was used without analysis, is now lost. He was the 
grandfather of the late James R. Trumbull. His portrait and that 
of his wife when young were also loaned by Miss Miller, as well as the 
old-fashioned clock, seen in the photograph standing on the spinnet, 
besides other furniture, hand-woven blankets, and a collection of val- 
uable china. 

Dr. Arthur G. Minshall. A brass lamp found in the old home- 
stead of Gov. Caleb Strong. Its unusual design authenticates this 
date. 

Miss Adelene Moffat. Miss Moffat exhibited a number of ex- 
cellent examples of household furnishings of the period covered by 
the Celebration. One was a pewter lamp made to burn sperm oil. 
Another was the pair of buckskin breeches seen in the library, and 
formerly the property of an old Northampton parson. They were 
once worn in the Revolutionary war, by an officer. She also loaned 
a collection of china, costumes, embroideries and tapestries, of much 
value and interest. 

The Munroe Collection. 

Miss Harriet L. Clapp and Thomas Munroe Shepherd. This 
collection has several interesting facts and legends connected with 
it. and what is of much interest, these dates are verified, by well au- 
thenticated histories, existing deeds and family records. 

The articles shown were relics of the Middlecott and Foye fam- 
ilies, direct descendants of Mary Chilton of the Mayflower, who, it 
is said, in her haste to be the first woman to land on Plymouth Rock, 
jumped into the water to her knees. 

Mary Chilton married John Winslow, Oct. 12, 1624, and their 
daughter Sarah, whose first husband was a son of Miles Standish, 
married later Richard Middlecott, who lived on Beacon Hill, Boston, 
very near where the State House now is, and near the site of the place 
where the gallows stood and witches were hanged, and later that of 
the Beacon. 

On March 26, 1702, their daughter Sarah married Louis Boucher, 
a wealthy Huguenot exile, who, it is said, was descended from the 
Plantagenets. The silverware here shown belonged to this Sarah 
Middlecott-Boucher, and her daughter Sarah, who married John Foye 
of Boston, Oct. 23, 1729. 

The Foyes and their children lived where the Charlestown navy 
vard now is. Before the British burned Charlestown the family fled, 



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and being unable to take all their possessions, deposited some for safe 
keeping in their well. After peace was declared they returned and 
secured the silver from the well, a part of which was here exhibited. 

Among this solid silverware was a tankard, porringer, saltcellar, 
pepper box, stigar tongs, sundry spoons, and a large spoon, its mark 
almost obliterated and its surface worn smooth by the frequent stirring 
of that homely dish of our forefathers, hasty pudding; all solid and 
marked wdth the initials of Sarah Middlecott, granddaughter of Mary 
Chilton, and also Sarah, John and Elizabeth Foye. 

The latter married David Munroe, a relative of Ensign Munroe, 
who was killed on Lexington Green and whose blood was the first 
shed in the Revolution. All were ancestors of Miss Clapp. 

In the center of the case which held this collection was an ex- 
quisite miniature, painted on ivory surrotmded by small pearls and 
motmted in the form of a locket, of Mrs. John Foye Munroe, the wife 
of the son of Elizabeth and David Munroe and the grandmother of 
Thomas M. Shepherd. There was also shown a large and handsome 
Russian samovar, belonging to this Mrs. Munroe and brought here 
by a sea captain in the early part of the iqth century. Also a carved 
mahogany high-post bedstead, silhouette, etc., all brought to North- 
ampton in the middle of the last century. 

Miss Clapp also exhibited a pair of Chinese plates, dating from 
the time of the Bouchers, made in China for the export trade and 
with the rims, contrary to Chinese custom. Also a pair of very old 
French-heeled slippers, red velvet vest and other antiques. 

Miss Sarah P. Parsons. Hand-woven woolen sheets, made at a 
time when all the wearing apparel and bed clothing used in the house- 
hold was made by the untiring, industrious hands of the women, and 
used in those cold winter nights when the snow sifted through the 
shingles and lay on the beds of our ancestors, if they may be believed. 
Mrs. Parsons also loaned an ancient volume of the Panoplist, and 
also a branding iron, one of the old methods of burning names and 
initials on tools, etc. 

Mrs. Samuel B. Parsons. A warming pan belonging to the 
old Parsons familv of Northam])ton, and also old pewter utensils and 
newspapers. 

Miss LuELLA L. Peck of Smith College. Miss Peck loaned some 
interesting pieces, among them the three pewter platters seen on the 
mantelpiece in the dining-room. Also an odd nest of six pewter bowls, 
a toilet set of four pieces, the only example shown of the flowing-blue 
ware. An ancient chair from Hatfield, and a bowl from the old Kel- 
logg family of Hadley, a portrait of Washington, a travelling flask 
with De Witt Clinton's portrait upon it, and some rare ch na. 

Mrs. a. Perry Peck. A sample of the early bead work, in the 
form of necklaces. 



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Mrs. George S. Phelps. Fair Polly Pomeroy must have been 
fond of gazing in the looking glass at her reflection there, for another 
of these useful articles, said to be hers, was loaned by Mrs. Phelps and 
hung in the back parlor. 

Mrs. William S. Phillips. A singing book, passed down through 
the generations from the time when singers pitched their tunes with 
the aid of a tuning fork, and sang the doleful fugues in favor then. 

William F. Pratt. Mr. Pratt sent to the collection a beautiful 
example of the household furniture used many years ago, in the 
form of a table made of light mahogany with borders of white holly- 
wood. This was once the property of a son of Gov. Caleb Strong. 
It was accompanied by an antique chair of interesting design. 

Mrs. John Prince. Two miniatures of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tre- 
cothick Apthorp, Mrs. Prince's grandparents. Mr. Apthorp was the 
president of one of the banks in Boston, probably one of the first 
banks in this country, and the beautiful snuff box given him by the offi- 
cials of the bank was also among this collection. There was also a 
solid silver tankard bearing the trade-mark of Paul Revere; a fan case 
that belonged to Miss Kate Prince, 
and also fans, earrings, etc., and four 
gentlemen's vests, made when the 
wardrobe of the men was not as sombre 
as now, and vests particularly were 
made of gaily-colored silks and satins, 
with gored flaring skirts and brass 
buttons. There was also a knife case, 
bearing a coat of arms, and with the 
date 1795. 

Mrs. Josiah H. Prindle. An old 
newspaper of some local interest was 
sent by Mrs. Prindle. It contained 
one of the proclamations of our old- 
time Governor, Caleb Strong. She 
also loaned the great iron key which 
once unlocked the doors of the old 
jail, on Pleasant street. A story is 
told of this key, to the effect that a 
gang of marauders once endeavored to 
rescue a prisoner in the jailer's absence. 
His vigilant wife hid the keys in her 
clothing and then followed the ruffians 
around the house, while they sought 
for the key in all the rooms, not 
thinking that the object of their h i r a m Ferry 

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Mrs. Prindle also loaned a cup and saucer bearing the date 1799, 
and another flip mug. Flip was a favorite beverage in those days. 

Mrs. Myrox Ray. Mrs. Ray loaned several uniriue relics. One 
was the dress suit worn by Mr. John Huggerford at the Court of Eng- 
land, in 1774. It was an elegant garment, made of Vjluish gray striped 
and flowered silk and was seen on a form in the library. This old- 
time courtier was the grandfather of the late Caroline M. Huggerford, 
wife of Judge William G. Sterling. There was also a gentleman's 
vest and two dress suit cases of the kind used one hundred years ago. 
These were made of rattan, and consisted of four or five trays; one 
fitted in the top of the next and all bound together with a handle of 
the same material and secured in place by means of a lock and key. 
They were round in shape and were used by people of elegance in the 
days of stagecoach travelling. One feature was somewhat amusing, 
as the woman's suit case was made to hold more than twice as much 
as that designed for the man. To use a homely simile, the former 
would hold about a bushel and the latter a peck. 

Dr. Osmore O. Roberts. The first antir|ue noticed by the vis- 
itor on entering the hall was an old oak chest that stood there. This 
was verv large and bore the date of 1 700 carved on its side. From 
point of size and elegance it would have been a fit hiding place for 
Geneva in the old sad story of the mistletoe bough. The beautiful 
carved table which appears so prominently in the picture of the front 
parlor was also loaned by Dr. Roberts and once belonged in a rich Hat- 
field family. It was made of mahogany and beautifully inlaid, with 
the legs and feet elaborately carved. It dated from a time when 
Hatfield was the second richest town in Massachusetts in proportion 
to its population. Another exhibit was a beautiful sewing table with 
glass knobs on the drawers thereof, and also other rich articles, in- 
cluding Governor Strong's andirons. 

Miss Stell.\ Shaw. Another very interesting relic of Major 
Hawley was the little silken robe used for his christening, which can 
be seen hanging at the right of the desk in the picture. The curtains, 
with their romantic story of sepaiation and reunion, the desk which 
he used as a man, and which contained an autograph letter written 
to him by President John Adams, and the queer little robe which clothed 
him as an infant, formed one of the most interesting features of the 
collection. 

The Shepherd-Pomeroy Collection. 

Mrs. Frederick W. Sizer, Mrs. Katherine Tryon (Shepherd) 
Smith, George Eltweed Pomeroy and Thomas Munroe Shepherd. — 
General Seth Pomeroy was well known in those days as a gunsmith. 
So well known in fact that the Indians of Canada frequently traveled 
down through northern forests and waterways, to barter for his superior 



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Mrs. Levi Shepherd 
Daughter of Gen. Seth Pomeroy 



guns. They were often given a lodg- 
ing on the floor of the Pomeroy kitchen, 
for a night, and once, at such a time, 
Mary Pomeroy made her first appear- 
ance in the world. These facts make 
extremely interesting the old flint-lock 
musket here exhibited, and made by 
his own hands, possibly on the old anvil, 
brought to the exhibition by a Pomeroy 
of Easthampton. 

Other relics of the famous local war- 
rior were his seal and coat of arms, 
owned by Mr. Shepherd, and the most 
valuable of all was his diary, which 
was guarded with especial care, as it 
was highly prized by its owner, George 
Eltweed Pomeroy of Toledo, Ohio, who 
was one of the most interested visitors 



to the Celebration, taking great 
pains to send this ancient relic, 
and also to be present himself. 

This diary was written during 
General Pomeroy 's campaigns 
about the time of the seige of 
Louisburg, and also contained 
figures of estimates and expenses 
incidental to that time and later. 

Lastly there were the photo- 
graphs of the old church in 
Peekskill, N. Y., where he died, 
when in active service, as Brig- 
adier General, with Washington, 
and of the monument erected to 
his memory by descendants and 
the sons of the Revolution. 

There were also mementos of 
his children, a photograph of a 
watercolor portrait of his daughter 
Mary and a dressing table (or low- 
boy) which was among her wed- 
ding presents when she became 
the wife of Dr. Levi Shepherd on 

Mav 26, I 77 I, and a Chippendale other important" officel?" wVs'a'pionee" merchant! 
rVinir rinfincr frn-m aKr.ii1- r^nr^ manufacturer and exporter, and a strong friend and 
Cnair, aaimg irom aOOUt 1790, .supporter of President Andrew Jackson. 




Hejjroduction from ivory miniature i)ortrait of 
Thomas Shepherd (1778-18-:6) 
Son of Levi Shepherd (1744-1805) 
Postmaster 1830-1841 and 1845-6. Held several 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



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which was also among her furnishings. 
Shepherd. 



These belonged to Mr. 



Of great interest also was her manuscript journal, covering the 
years from 1803 to 1807, loaned by Mrs. Katherine T. S. Smith, who 
also sent the silver tea service belonging to Thomas Shepherd, the 
son of Levi and Mary Pomeroy Shei)herd, and his wife, parents of 
the late Henry Shepherd. 

From the early days of the last century, when "the cup that cheers " 
was brewed in the soapstone house, built on Round Hill by Thomas 
Shepherd, tmtil now, nearly one hundred years later, this silver has 
been used and enjoyed by five generations. 

A romantic story is connected with the gold and cornelian ear- 
rings, which formed another feature oi Mrs. Smith's donation to the 




id!^ 



Old Pomeroy House on Bridge Street 
Residence of Thomas M. .Shepherd 

exhibition. These belonged to a granddaughter of Gen. Seth Pome- 
roy. They were given her by a cousin to whom she was engaged to 
be married, but afterwards poHtical strife estranged their families and 
the engagement was broken. She never married, and in her old age 
gave the earrings to a daughter of her old lover. Mrs. Smith also sent 
several dainty specimens of needlework once belonging to the mother 
of Henry Shepherd, and also a sampler, which speaks for itself, where 
the child fingers more than a hundred years ago stitched in the rec- 
ord, "Catherine Tryon's Sampler, August ig, 1794; aged 12." 

Sarah, another daughter of General Pomeroy, married a Burbank, 
and a descendant of hers, Mrs. Frederick W. "Sizer of New Haven, 




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Ge(ir(;h Bam roft 
Teacher. ( )rator, Historian 



Conn., exhibited a silken eape, hat and sHp- 
l)ers from her wedding outfit. These were 
originally white, but time had gently colored 
them a soft creamy browni. 

There was also in the collection a pewter 
hand lami>, silver candlesticks, tray and 
snuffers, and a banjo clock nearly one hun- 
dred years old. The first timepieces known 
to our forefathers were the tall "grandfather 
clocks," like the one Longfellow immortalized, 
and which were made by the Willard family 
for one hundred years or more, followed by 
clocks like the above, but then termed wall 
timepieces, "banjo" being a nickname given 
them in late years. Then came the less ex- 
pensive box clock, of wdiich there are many 
examples nowadays, and two were here 
shown. 
These last exhilnts were also loaned by Mr. Shepherd, as wx'll as 

the two following. First of solid silverware and a memento of the early 

days of the Hampshire, Franklin 

and Hampden Agricultural So- 
ciety, for these articles were given 

as premiums by that societv — a 

better method of prize-giving 

than the cash system of today. 
The silver was of a graceful, 

attractive pattern, and bore upon 

it the seal of the societv and 

the date 1825. 

Second, another relic of the 
early days of agriculture of which 
there were none too manv shown. 
This made doubly interesting the 
old saw-teeth sickles. Sickles 
have been known for many cen 
turies, and were the only method 
of cutting grain before the intro- 
duction of the clumsy cradles 
and the more modern reapers. 
With the tools for reducing 
leather the home-made clothing 
and the bed ticking made from the 
sowing of the seecl to the weaving 
of the cloth, nn'l these sickles, 

josi-i'ii (j. CnnswF.ii, 
I'.nlinT with fiCfir.ae I'anrrnft, in Udiind Hill School 




404 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

a fine group was made, illustrating the industries and the necessities 
of our forefathers. 

Mrs. James Morven Smith and Luther J. and John L. Warner. 
From this family came to the exhibition two interesting old muskets, 
used by ancestors of the Warners in the Revolution, and one was also 
used in Shays' Rebellion in later years. These ancient flint-locks 
were, with the exception of General Pomeroy's musket, the only ex- 
amples of old-time gunnery shown, as there were notably few repeti- 
tions in the exhibition. 

Mrs. Smith exhibited a inirror which once belonged in the family 
of Dr. Daniel Adams, the author of Adams' Arithmetic. 

Mrs. Elbridge G. Southwick. Mrs. Southwick and her sister, 
Mrs. Martha R. Boland, both descendants of William Brewster, sent a 
collection interesting in three respects: in connection with the local 
worthies, in value, and also in representation of old-time portraiture. 

Of the Northampton celebrities, there was a plate once belonging 
to Gov. Caleb Strong, and an egg cup formerly owned by Solomon 
Stoddard, but now in possession of Mrs. Nellie S. Sleight, a well-known 
employe in the store of Stoddard & Lathrop, that mart of the last 
century to which yearly j)ilgi"iniages were made b}^ the well-to-do resi- 
dents of the hill towns, when they hitched up the "old- shay" and 
started out to do their shopping and buy their delaines and nankeens. 

The Millennium plate, with its representations of the All Seeing 
Eye, the Bible, Dove, Lion and Lamb, etc., is now very rare, and al- 
most worth its weight in gold. The one shown by Mrs. Southwick 
belonged to an aunt of Mrs. Edward F. Hamlin, wife of the present 
executive clerk of the Commonwealth, formerlv of the shoe firm of 
Hamlin & Smith, Northampton. 

Also in this valuable collection of china was an engraved toddy 
glass, said to be over a hundred years old, and used before individual 
tumblers were the fashion; a fruit dish of delicate blue, and with an 
open-work border; Staffordshire and Pilgrim plates, and a cup and 
saucer decorated with the purple gloss, the art of which is now lost. 

From Mrs. Boland came venerable pillow slips, and a teapot, one 
hundred and fifty years of age. 

Before the silhouette and the daguerreotype people lacking the 
means to purchase portraiture in oil, attempted the perpetuation of 
the features of their friends in embroidery. These were called "family 
pieces," and the one here shown was made at Hopkins Academy in 
or about 1805, and represented a mother and seven children. This 
was exhibited by Mrs. Laura Russell Campbell. 

Timothy G. Spaulding. Recognizing how prominent and effici- 
ent a part Mr. Spaulding took in the early plans of the Celebration 
it is quite fitting that his contribution to this collection should be 
the desk used by such a prominent person as Gov. Caleb Strong, one 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



405 




of the most noted of the local celeljrities. With it, was his commission 
as Governor, which had been found and kei)t in the desk and which 
Mr. Spaulding had framed for exhibit here. He also sent a ])ortrait 
and autograph letter of Rufus Choate, the famous statesman. 

Mrs. Everett C. Stone. vSome interesting 
specimens of pewter ware. One, a lamp used 
in the dismal days of whale oil. A pewter 
])epper pot, and another pewter lamp, found 
when excavating for the new Y. M. C. A. 
building in the year of this Celebration. 
Besides these Mrs. Stone contributed a pair 
of homespun and colored bedspreads, one a 
peculiar brown and the other of the blue 
and white pattern so much sought after 
nowadays. 

Miss Harriet E. Strong. A history of 
the well-known Strong family, made famous 
by Gov. Caleb Strong, and of which family 
there have always been worthy representa- 
tives in Northampton, from the time of the 
Governor down. 

Miss Josephine E. Strong. This was one 
of the best examples of the methods by wdiich 
people in those days were forced to supplv 
their own needs. It was a piece of blue and 
white bed ticking, the flax of which it was made being sown, grown, 
reaped, hetchelcd, woven and colored in the family of Elias Lyman 
of Southampton, and the piece shown is believed to be over a hundred 
years of age and is well preserved. 

Felix T.\rdiff. Candlesticks made of brass, in an attractive 
pattern and purchased at Governor Strong's auction. 

Mrs. Emily H. Terry. A handsome antique chair. 

Miss Caroline A. Thompson. A silver teapot, of very graceful 
design, formerly the property of Wealthy (Shepherd) Dickinson Hunt, 
grandmother of Mrs. Luther J. Warner and Mrs. James Morven Smith, 
and received by the lender through Mrs. Edward Clarke, second wife 
of the late Dr. Daniel Thompson. 

Mrs. George Tucker. The spinnet standing in the parlor, said 
to be the first piano in New Haven and brought here by the Rev. Dr. 
Gordon Hall, for 28 years the beloved pastor of the Edwards church. 

Mrs. Frank L Washburn. The upholstered chair in the photo- 
graph of the ])arlor, at the right of the table, has a unique historv. It 
was first ]jart of the furnishings of the house that Samuel Clarke built 
in 1746 and which was used as a tavern. It later w^ent to Round Hill, 



chair once owned by Caleb Strong, 

now bv John E. Bates, 

Northampton. 




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407 



and was then taken to Boston with other household furniture, and 
at length was brought baek, through the marriage of its owner, to 
its original resting plaee, on Hawley street, now occupied by Mr. and 
Mrs. Washbtn-n, never in its long histor\' and its various journey- 
ings having been in but one familv, and that one for about one hun- 
dred and fifty years. 

Mrs. Washburn also sent other interesting pieces of furniture. 
The three-cornered chair also seen in the photograph and made for 
Dr. Charles L. Seeger, nearly one hundred years ago, a bureau two 
hundred years old made by Benjamin Frothingham, a celebrated 
cabinet-maker, who lived at a time when the New England States 
w^ere not divided and there was but one name for the whole. Therefore 
this chair is marked Charlestown, N. E. (New England). There was 
also a "ti|)-u])" table and an inlaid one in difTerent kinds of wood, 
with a fine representation of a fan on top. This last was made by 
Archibauld, another cabinet-maker of Boston, and of considerable 
renown. 

The handsomely embroidered shawl scarf seen on the table in the 
parlor, and believed to have been imported from China, belonged to 
Mrs. Luther 1. Washburn, as did another exhibit of the same charac- 
ter, l)ut of different associations. This was the flowered print dress 




() I. I) G () T n 1 (■ .Semi n a r y 
Where Madam Dvvight taiisht 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



409 



worn by Mrs. Washburn at the school of 
Madam Dwight, and was the only exhibit 
connected with that famous school of 
learning, the precursor of Smith College. 
Mrs. Washburn was eighteen years of 
age then, and her father brought her 
down from Fitchburg, driving all the 
way, at the commencement of the term 
and again at the end. He at length 
moved to Northampton on account of 
its attractions. 

When Jenny Lind was staying at 
Northampton during her honeymoon she 
called the view from Round Hill the 
"Paradise of America." Mrs. Edward 
Clarke was living near her at the time 
and the famous songstress sang before 
her private circle of friends. A ticket 
to another public concert in Northampton 
was part of this exhibit, and with it was 




Madam Rhod 
Daughter o 



A Edwar 
f Jonathan 



us Dwight 
Edwards 




Ji;\.NV LiNi) AM) IIi:r Husband, 1S52 
As they appeared on their honeymoon visit to Nortliamptc 



sent a photograph of Jenny Lind 
and her hi;sband, taken at a later 
date. 

Mrs. Amy S. C. Perry, Mrs. 
Washburn's mother, sent to the 
collection a footstove, believed to 
have been the property of Major 
Hawley. 

Daniel W. Wells. A book of 
interesting deeds and documents of 
this vicinity and principally of Hat- 
field, carefully compiled by Mr. 
Wells, and covering a period be- 
tween i6go and 1850. 

This book recorded the first set- 
tlers of Hatfield and acknowledg- 
ments of acts before early justices, 
like Israel Williams, a commander 
in the time of the French and 
Indian wars, of the four western 
counties; William Williams of the 
famous Deerfield family of that 
name, and Austin Smith, brother 
of Sophia Smith, benefactress and 
founder of Smith College. It also 



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contained the signature of John Hastings, first schoolmaster of Hatfield, 
about 1700, and lastly a receipt given by George Washington and in 
his own handwriting. 

Miss Caroline S. Williams. Antique china, and cut glass salt- 
cellars over one hundred years of age. 

Miss Elizabeth Williston. Miss WilUston's exhibit was also 
of local interest, for it contained the footstove supposed to have be- 
longed to Miss Esther Stoddard, granddaughter of Rev. Solomon 
Stoddard, and also china once belonging to Sheriff Solomon Stoddard. 

Waldo H. Whitcomb. The Mayflower table covered by the 
spread in the back parlor, also several old corner cupboards and other 
anticjue furniture. 

David J. Wright. Some furniture of great age, once in the 
well-known Nash family of Wilhamsburg. Among them, a lowboy, 
chair, etc. 



Summary 

An analysis of the register, which was kept under the efficient 
and genial charge of Rev. Wm. P. Clancy, reveals the success of the 
exhibition in the number of visitors, and its wide scope, for there 
were representatives of England, Canada, Scotland, New Brunswick, 
Sweden and Natal, as well as residents of the following twenty-nine 
states in the Union : 

Massachusetts Maryland Ohio 

Rhode Island Virginia Wisconsin 

Connecticut District Columbia Michigan 

Maine Florida Iowa 

New Hampshire Louisiana Nebraska 

Vermont Texas Minnesota 

New York Missouri California 

New Jersey Georgia Washington 

Pennsylvania Indiana Montana 

Delaware Illinois 

The registration was as follows : 

Sunday, June 5, 1904 397 signatures 

Monday, June 6, 1904 1018 signatures 

Tuesday, June 7, 1904 1091 signatures ^ - 

Total, 2506 signatures 

Probablv there were many others who did not register, which 
mav be estimated to make a grand total of three thousand or more, 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 411 



besides many who failed of cnfranee, owing to the hmited numl)er 
allowed in the Imilding at a time. 

Nearlv all the noted visitors to the town's festivities attended the 
exhibition. Among them the representative from Old England, 
Alderman Samuel S. Cami)ion, as well as Rev. Riehard W. Birks, also 
formerly of Northami^ton, England, now Unitarian minister at Deer- 
field, Mass., George Eltweed Pomeroy of Toledo, Ohio, and descend- 
ants from a distance of the Howe, Clark, Tappan, Strong and many 
other families. 

There was the principal of Clarke School with forty-nine of the 
deaf mutes, then ])U];)ils there; students as well from the higher grades 
of the ])ublic schools and from Smith College, finding in the exhibi- 
tion practical lessons in historic prudence and industry. There were 
many descendants of the earliest families, elderly people who in their 
vouth had left this section, seeking their fortunes elsewhere and return- 
ing to find outward things changed beyond their recognition and only 
here the welcome sight of some family relic; young and middle-aged 
persons from distant parts of our country, who on their first visit East, 
to the homes of their ancestors, here found some ancient heirlooms, 
around which was associated long-cherished tales of family history 
and pride. 

From remote and nearer places there were many refined and 
thoughtful peoijle, who here found a very tangible evidence through 
this exhibition of portraits, jewelry, documents, or hanchcraft, of that 
Puritan influence and sturdy New England life that put their mark 
on succeeding generations, locally as well as in various parts of the 
United States. 

And to everv visitor, whether descendant or new-comer to this 
country, this collection was interesting, while to many it was a charm- 
ing reminiscence, an education, a history, and a subtle impression 
of the results of early privation and thrift, wdiich laid the foundation 
for conditions of ])rosperity that are enjoyed today. 

Notwithstanding the committee had but a small share of the 
Celebration funds, the gratuitous service of its own members and then- 
friends, together with careful expenditures, enabled them to not only 
act effectively within the appropriation, luit to return to the general 
treasury ten per cent of its allotment. 



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QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Although the rather elaborate system of management seemed at 
first somewhat too cumbersome, yet it proved at times of direct assist- 
ance and was always a subtle influence for appreciation and respect, 
and on the whole was doubtless wise. Its use in the hands of the 
efficient members of the committee contributed towards the result 
of furnishing a free characteristic exhibition of nearly 500 priceless 
historical antiquities to thotisands of people for three consecutive 
days and the return of all the articles within thirty-six hours after the 
close, without losing even one and but a single slight breakage. 

Such a result was unquestionably satisfactory to every contrib- 
utor, visitor, helper, and indeed the whole city, but none can so keenly 
appreciate that immense gratification at the full success or that com- 
forting relief at its happy termination as those few anxious and untir- 
ing members of the committee on whom very great responsibility 
fell. But the best compensation of all rests, securely and content- 
edly, in the consciousness of having tried to do the very best possible 
thing and succeeding as perfectly as the conditions would allow, and 
also that the exhibition brought credit to the whole Celebration and 
favor at home and abroad to the city itself. 




First Railway Train a r N o r t h a m p t 
From an Old En^ravinjr 



1845 



Incidental Matters 
and Portraits 



INCIDENTAL EVENTS 



THERE were several incidental events connected with the Cele- 
bration which seem to deserve more or less mention, although 
not upon the official program. Lack of space prevents ex- 
tended reference to the laving of the corner-stone of the Unitarian 
church, which occtirred on Tuesday, June 7, but reports are herewith 
given of the High School Alumni meeting and the Miller family gather- 
ing, because they are related to the home-coming which was a feature 
of the Celebration. Prof. Charles D. Hazen, professor of history at 
Smith College, also delivered a valuable historical review of North- 
ampton's past, to the students of Smith College, Tuesday morning, 
June 7. This address will be found, in part, on pages, 417-419, has 
been published in pamphlet form by the author, and can be obtained 
at the bookstores. 

The work of the Home Culture Clubs is treated of at some length, 
as a semi-official part of the Celebration. 



AWARD OF PRIZES 

THE award of prizes for exhibits in Tuesday's eivic and 
military parade was announeed by the Parade Committee 
in the following statement the next day : 

In accordance with the announcement heretofore made by the 
Parade Committee, the following prizes are to be awarded for the fol- 
lowing displays on the line of march of the parade on June 7 : 

For the best-appearing float of any organized society, $100, to be 
diyided as follows: $50 for the first, $25 for the second, $15 for the third, 
and %\o for the fourth; and $25 for the best-appearing priyate turnout; 
and $25 for the best display from without the city. 

The committee chosen to decide this competition was composed of 
Fred M. Smith and Mrs. Charles J. Bartlett of vSouth Hadley Falls and 
Eugene A. Newcomb of Greenfield. They awarded the i)rizes in the 
following way : 

St. Anne's Ladies' Aid Society, Florence, first prize, $50. 

Knights of Coltmibus, second prize, $25. 

Ancient Order of United Workmen, third prize, $15. 

Degree of Honor, Crescent Lodge, Florence, fourth prize, $10. 

The best priyate carriage, prize $25, awarded to Mrs. Belle Dewey 
Williams; honoral)le mention to Alexander McCallttm and Miss Gertrude 
Clark. 

For the best out-of-town display, the Hanijiton Mills of East- 
hampton. 

The aboye-named are hereby awarded the prizes, as announced, 
according to the decision of the judges. 

Richard W. Irwin, Chairman. 



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M OUR FOREFATHERS 




YC07 OUR BIRTHPLACE M 

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AN affectionate regard for the memory of our forefathers is natural to the 
heart; it is an emotion totally distinct from pride; an ideal love, free from 
that consciousness of unrequited affection and reciprocal esteem which 
constitutes so much of the satisfaction we derive from the love of the living. 
Some of them, it is true, are denied to our personal acquaintance, bvit the light 
they shed during their lives survives within their tombs, and will reward our 
search if we explore them. Lord Lindsay 



Whatever strengthens our local attachments is favorable to both individual 
and national character. Our home, our birthplace, our native land — think for 
awhile what arises out of the feelings connected with these words, and if you 
have any intellectual eyes, you will then perceive the connection between topog- 
raphy and patriotism. Show me a man who cares no more for one place than 
another, and I will show you in that same person one who loves nothing but him- 
self. Beware of those who are homeless from choice; you have no hold on a 
human being whose affections are without a tap-root. The laws recognize this 
truth in the privileges they confer upon freeholders, and public opinion acknowl- 
edges it also in the confidence which it reposes in those who have what is called a 
stake in the country. Vagabond and rogue are convertible terms, and with how 
much propriety any one may understand who knows what are the habits of the 
wandering classes, gipsies, tinkers and potters. 

Robert Southey 



PROF. HAZEN'S ADDRESS AT SMITH COLLEGE 



PROF. Charles D. Hazcn, at wSmith College, opened his address 
to the students with a brilliant reference to important world 
events cotemporaneous with the settlement of Northampton. 
He said in ])art : 

In 1654, Louis XIV, called Louis the Great, was king of France, 
and the si)lcndo:s of Versailles astonished the world. He was also 
an American monarch, ruling over an indefinite and unexplored king- 
dom, for French exidorers had been i^lunging into American forests. 
It was a quarter of a century before La Salle made his wonderful 
voyage down the Mississippi and a half century elapsed before New 
Orleans was founded. 

In 1654, Germany was recovering from the frightful ravages of 
the Thirty Years AVar. In 1654 Queen Christiana, the brilliant and 
erratic daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, abdicated the throne of Swe- 
den. In 1654 Oliver Cromwell, the Lord High Protector of England, 
had risen with unexampled swiftness from a Huntington farmer. He 
moved grandly through the most tumultuous period of English his- 
tory, audacious, adroit, masterful. 

The speaker outlined the early settlements in New England and 
told why Northampton, with its rich meadows, was so eagerly sought 
by the pioneers. 

The feeling of isolation, the bitter homelessness, the sense of sep- 
aration from all that had thus far been accomplished in this world 
for the greater profit and dignity of man, society, institutions, arts, 
letters, comforts, the influences that elevate and soften and endear 
life, must have l)een dominant with these families of Northamp- 
ton, struggle with however much Puritan stoicism they might summon 
to keep the emotion under. They were on the lonelv and exposed 
frontier, a small, poor, obscure and uneducated group of men. In 
1654 there were probably not 75.000 Englishmen in the new world, 
and these were widely scattered. A long, thin, sinuous line of set- 
tlements, fringing the shores of the Atlantic from Maine to New York, 
and some settlements in Mar\dand and Virginia — that was all. The 
founders of Northampton were true frontiersmen in their da^•. Cour- 
age they had; "Steadfastness in the bold design." There was no 
thought of turning back, but poverty of every sort, of material, of 
intellectual, of social, was the chief characteristic of their lives. The 



418 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

only poverty they did not know was that of opportunity or will. It 
takes an effort of the imagination to picture the life of this town two 
centuries ago. There were no roads, no bridges, no mails, to keep 
up the connection of the human race. A kind of cartway was early 
established to Springfield, but toward Boston, or Albany, or the West, 
no cart could travel for many years. Our two representatives went 
to the Legislatitre on horseback, by the old Bay Path, merely a bridle 
path through the woods. The Indians had a habit of burning the 
woods each year, which kept thin the fill of undergrowth and made 
them passable in every direction on foot or horse, but that was all. 

As late as 1799 there were only seven post-offices in the Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts. It was in 1792 that Northampton was made 
a postal center, under the administration of Washington. Previous 
to that time the nearest one was at Springfield, and anybody who had 
occasion to visit that towni was expected to bring and deliver all mail 
matter that was destined for Northampton and places near by. 

The men who settled Northampton were manual laborers, pre- 
pared to make their future from the soil. No profession was repre- 
sented in the little band that found its wav from Hartford 250 vears 
ago. For seventy-five years no physician was to reside in this town, 
and lawyers everywhere in the colonies were the product of the eight- 
eenth century. But no sooner was the necessarv work of the axe 
and hammer and saw fairly under way than these Englishmen — for 
most of them had been born in England — sought to enrich and 
deepen the local life. 

Continuing, Professor Hazen considered the founding of the first 
meeting-house. In this mean and lonely structure the spiritual and 
intellectual life of the town began. He discussed the early life of 
Northampton and its customs, with particular reference to its ad- 
ministration of justice and its punishment of offences. He discussed 
and described the town meeting. The first school was established 
in 1664. 

Professor Hazen than spoke of Solomon Stoddard, Timothy 
Dwight, Joseph Hawley, Seth Pomeroy, and Jonathan Edwards, and 
told of their influence in this communitv. Continuing, the speaker 
said, "Not only have great men lived here, but interesting occurrences 
have added a lustre to the annals of the town. Here Bancroft con- 
ceived the idea of writing his Historv of the United States, while he 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 419 



was a teacher on Round Hill. Here Motley, the historian, studied 
as a lad. Here Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate have vied with 
each other. Here Emerson preached as a young man. Here Henrv 
Clay, at the height of his fame, spent a Sunday, attending the First 
and Unitarian churches. Here came Kossuth, the great Hungarian 
poet, in 1S52. The most interesting visitor was Lafavette. The 
heart of the whole American people went out to him. No one can 
visit^without emotion this ancient town." 




SCHOOL DAYS RECALLED 



Come, dear old comrade, you and I 

Will steal an hour from days gone by — 

The shining days when life was new, 

And all was bright as morning dew — 

The lusty days of long ago, 

When vou were Bill and I was Joe. 

Your name may flaunt a titled trail, 
Proud as a cockerel's rainbow tail; 
And mine as brief an appendix wear 
As Tarn O'Shanter's luckless mare; 
Today, old friend, remember still 
That I am Joe and you are Bill. 

You've worn the judge's ermined robe; 
You've taught your name to half the globe; 
You've sung mankind a deathless strain; 
You've made the dead past live again: 
The world may call you what it will, 
But vou and I are joe and Bill. 



How Bill forgets his hour of pride. 
While Joe sits smiling at his side; 
How Joe, in spite of time's disguise, 
Finds the old schoolmate in his eyes — 
Those calm, stern eyes, that melt and fill. 
As Joe looks fondly up at Bill. 

And shall we breathe in happier spheres 
The names that pleased our mortal ear? — 
In some sweet lull of harp and song. 
For earth-born spirits none too long — 
Just whispering of the world below, 
When this was Bill and this was Joe ? 

No matter; while our home is here. 
No sounding name is half so dear; 
When fades at length our lingering day. 
Who cares what pompous tombstones say? 
Read on the hearts that love us still. 
Hie jacet, Joe! Hie jacet, Bill! 

Oliver Wendell Holmes 



HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

OX Tuesday aftcmftDii llK-rr was a .^alhcriiig of the alumni 
of the Northami)ton High vSt'hool, at the Ilij^ii Sehool build- 
ing, under the direction of the Reception Committee of the 
Northampton High vSchool Alumni Association. 

There were present about one hundred former members of the 
school, including many of the older graduates residing elsewhere, who 
had come to the city to participate in the Celebration, and who have 
not usually attended the annual meetings of the Association. 

The gatheiing was entirely of a social nature, and the time was 
spent in the pleasant renewing of old acquaintances and recalling 
scenes and incidents of high school days. 



MILLER FA M I L \^ REUNION 



THE gathering of the Miller family of America in tliis citv, 
the second day of the Celebration, although not a part of the 
otThcial exercises, was welcomed by the local authorities, very 
properly, because this family were descended from William Miller, 
one of the twenty-four original settlers of 1654, and Elbert H. T. 
^liller of Scotts'ville, X. Y., who organized this 
gathering of his familv, was much interested in 
the Celebration ])ro]jer, and brought about two 
htuidred of his family connections to X^orthamp- 
ton to help celebrate. 

In the fall of iSgg, Elbert H. T. Miller of 
Scotts\dlle, X. Y., while on a visit to cousins in 
Connecticut and Massachusetts, became much 
interested to learn his familv history in the 
United States and decided to spend some time 
in the East, in research. He visited most of the 
towns in X'ew England, where his ancestors had 
lived, and from the existing records and other 
means, succeeded in tracing his record to William 
Miller of Ipswich, Mass., 164S, and one of the 
twentv-four original settlers of X^'orthampton, Mass., 1654, also one of 
the founders of X'orthtield, Mass., 167 1-2. He spent one year in New 




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422 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

England and since that time has traveled in New York, Pennsyl- 
vania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, find- 
ing many descendants of William Miller, and has the genealogy of this 
old family nearly compiled, and in a short time hopes to publish a 
work, "The Descendants of William Miller of Northampton." Last 
spring (1904) on learning of the proposed Celebration of the 250th 
Anniversary of the settlement of Northampton, Mr. Miller, on receipt 
of the official invitation, wrote Charles F. Warner, Secretary of the 
Invitation Committee for the Celebration, suggesting a Miller familv 
reunion at Northampton, Mass., on one of the days during the Cele- 
bration, and asked if he would co-operate with a committee of the 
Miller family in this undertaking. Mr. Warner replied that he favored 
the idea and would do all in his power to aid the committee, and fur- 
ther, that the historic town of Northampton would be honored with 
having the first meeting or reunion of the Miller family, which was 
fitting, as it was there that their ancestor settled in 1654. Dewey 
Hall was secured for the meeting and Mr. Miller sent out over 700 in- 
vitations to descendants of the family in many states. 

On Monday, June 6, 1904, the incoming trains brought a large 
number of descendants from Massachusetts, New York and various 
counties in Connecticut. The forenoon was spent in sight-seeing, visit- 
ing the cemetery and historical places and the site on King street, 
not far from the main street, where William Miller lived in Northampton, 
At 3 p. m. about 150 members of the family assembled at Dewey Hall 
on Pleasant street and the following program was rendered, Mr. Clar- 
ence E. Peirce of Springfield, Mass., presiding: 

program 

Vocal Solo 

Edward Lankow, New York, N. Y. 

Welcome to the Miller Family by Louis L. Campbell, Chairman of the 
Invitation Committee of the City of Northainpton. 

Piano Duet 

Miss Bertha S. Morehouse and Mr. Swensen, Holyoke, Mass. 

Poem 

Mrs. Florence A. Tillotson Stanard, Le Roy, N. Y. 

Vocal Solo — " Faithful " 

George D. Miller, Willimansett, Mass. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 423 



Historical Address — "William Miller and His Descendants," closing with 
a poem "Northampton." 

Elbert H. T. Miller, Scottsvillc, N. Y. 
Instrumental Solo 

Miss Bertha S. Morehouse 
Genealogical Remarks 

Clarence E. Peirce, Springfield, Mass. 

Vocal Solo 

Mr. Lankow 
Address — "The Millers in War and Peace" 

Chandler E. Miller, Hartford, Conn. 
Vocal Solo — -"Forgotten" 

Mrs. Rattray, Holyoke, Mass. 
Address — "The Millers as Citizens" 

Matthew Cliffe Miller, New York, N. Y. 
Remarks by Miller Descendants present. 

Vocal Solo— "The Dainty Miss" 

George D. Miller 
Organization and Election of Officers of The Miller Family Association 

of Northampton. A constitution and by-laws of the organization were 

presented and adopted. 

A Vote of Thanks was given to Dr. Frank Ebenezer Miller of New 
Y(.irk for sending, at his own expense, Mr. Lankijw, the celebrated bass 
singer, who delighted all. 

The following officers of the society were unanimously elected for one year, 
or until their successors shall be chosen: 

James Phillip Miller, I'rcsidciit, Hartford, Conn. 
Eli Peck Miller, M.D., First \'icc-Prcs!dciit, New York, N. Y. 
Chandler Edward Miller, Second \'!cc-Pn'sidciit, Hartford, Conn. 
Edwin Ford Miller, Third i'itc-I'rcsidctd, Haydenville, Mass. 
Elbert H. T. Miller, Secretary-Treasurer, Scottsville, N. Y. 

It was voted to hold the next meeting at Hartford, Conn. 

At evening some returned to their homes while others remained 
to further participate in the city Celebration. The following persons 
were in attendance at the reunion and are registered as members of 
The Miller Family Association of Northampton: 

IHames 

James Phillip Miller, Hartford, Conn. 

"Mrs. Gertrude Shirrell Miller, Hartford, Conn. 

Harry Gilbert Miller, Hartford, Conn. 



424 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Mrs. Anita Loomis Miller, Hartford, Conn. 

Edwin Pemberton Miller, Hartford, Conn. 

Mrs. Nellie Miller Moses, Hartford, Conn. 

Chandler Edward Miller, Hartford, Conn. 

Mrs. Anna J. Miller, Hartford, Conn. 

Andrew T. Miller, Northampton, Mass. 

Mrs. Ida A. Miller, Northampton, Mass. 

Miss Julia Cook Clark, Northampton, Mass. 

Miss Annie B. Clark, Northampton. Mass. 

Mrs. Harriet Nims Kingsley, Northampton, Mass. 

Mrs. Kate M. Edwards Moaklev, Northampton, Mass. 

Ralph Hoyt Clark, Northampton, Mass. 

Mrs. Mary I. Kingsley Clark, Northampton, Mass. 

Edwin Ford Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Mrs. Ellen Woodburn Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Edwin Cyrus Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Mrs. Edith Childs Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Miss Charlotte Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Miss .Gladys Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Miss Adelia Maria Miller, Haydenville, Mass. 

Miss Hattie Amelia Miller, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Mrs. Mary Miller Nash, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Wallace Henry Nash, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Mrs. Sarah L. Miller Thresher, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Miss Vera Miller Thresher, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Miss Ruby May Thresher, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Miss Bertha Louise Thresher, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Mrs. Susan Tilton Barrus, Williamsburg, Mass. 

Henry Gildersleeve Miller, South Glastonbury, Conn. 

Miss Lucy Elizabeth Miller, South Glastonbury, Conn. 

Miss Eveline Louise Miller, Glastonbury, Conn. 

Miss Christine Bates, South Glastonbury, Conn. 

Mrs. Dolly D. Miller Roberts, Middletown, Conn. 

Mrs. Lillian Alford Allison, Middletown, Conn. 

Mrs. Ethel Allison Butler, Middletown, Conn. 

Mrs. Agnes Dow Allison, Middletown, Conn. 

Miss Winifred Allison, Middletown, Conn. 

Nathan Flint Miller, Blooinfield, Conn. 

Mrs. Emily Stoddard Miller, Bloomfield, Conn. 

Franklin Bidwell Miller, Blooinfield, Conn. 

Mrs. Mary Davis Miller, Bloomfield, Conn. 

Walter L. Beeman, Bloomfield, Conn. 

Miss Anna Bidwell Miller, Bloomfield, Conn. 

Clarence E. Peirce, Springfield, Mass. 

Alvin Miller Burt, Springfield, Mass. 

Mrs. Eliza Cudworth Burt, Springfield, Mass. 

Miss Harriet Hoadley Miller, Springfield, Mass. 

Jonathan Miller, Springfield, Mass. 

Mrs. Jonathan Miller, Springfield, Mass. 

Henry Lucius Miller, Newington, Conn. 

Mrs. Georgia Nott Miller, Newington, Conn. 

Carl Nott Miller, Newington, Conn. 

Miss Elsie B. Miller, Newington, Conn. 

Mrs. Belle Chapin Peirce, Somers, Conn. 

Mrs. Rosie L. Sperry Miller, South Hadley, Mass. 

Miss Emila Pomeroy Cutler, Amherst, Mass. 

Mrs. Mary Hoyt Clark, Sunderland, Mass. 

Mrs. Grace Clark Hobert, Sunderland, Mass. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 425 



George Dkxtkr Miller, Willimansctt, Mass. 

Mrs. Mary Miller Morehouse, Willimansett, Mass. 

Miss Bertha S. Moreiiolise, Willimansett, Mass. 

Hexry Alvin Miller, Southwick, Mass. 

George Harrison Miller, Southwick, Mass. 

Lewis W. Wadhams, West Springfield, Mass. 

Clara Pease Wadhams, West Springfield, Mass. 

Mrs. Harriet Huntington Moore, Somer\-ille, Mass. 

Mrs. Nellie E. Porter, Melrose, Mass. 

John Epaphras Miller, Oxford, N. Y. 

Pliny F. Nims, Athol, Mass. 

Mrs. Pliny F. Nims, Athol, Mass. 

Francis A. Fiske, East Shelburne, Mass. 

Mrs. May Fiske Severance, East Shelburne, Mass. 

Miss Hattie Allen Fisk, East Shelburne, Mass. 

Miss Fanny May Smith, Warsaw, N. Y. 

Mrs. Florence A. T. Stanard, Le Roy, N. Y. 

Mrs. Emma Halbert Miller, Scottsville, N. Y. 

Miss Laura Miller, Scottsville, N. Y. 

Elbert H. T. Miller, Scottsville, N. Y. 

Mrs. William L Edwards, Westhampton, Mass. 

Miss Effie B. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass. 

Miss Mary E. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass. 

Mrs. Alice Edwards Lyman, Easthampton, Mass. 

Eli p. Miller, M.D., New York, N. Y 

Matthew Cliffe Miller, New York, N. Y. 

Emory Francis Miller, Avon, Conn, 

Mrs. Emory Francis Miller, Avon, Conn. 

Charles H. Miller, Avon, Conn. 

Mrs. Ellen E. Woodford, Avon, Conn. 

Bennett Allen, Florence, ]\Lass. 

The William IMiller Family 
William Miller, Ipswich, 164S. One of 24 original settlers of Northampton, 
Mass., 1654. Settler of Northfield, Mass., 1672. d. Northampton, Mass., 

15 July, 1600. m. Patience (Northtield history says "She was a skilled 

physician and surgeon.") d. Northampton, Mass., 16 Mar., 1716. Children: 

Mary, b. 

Rebeckah, b., d. Northampton, Mass., Aug., 1657 

Patience, b. Northampton, Mass., 13 Sept., 1657 

William, b. Northampton, Mass., 30 Nov., 1659 

Mercy, b. Northampton, Mass., <S Feb., 1662 

Ebenezer, b. Northampton, Mass., 7 June, 1664 

Mehitable, b. Northampton, Mass., 10 July, 1666 

Thankful, b. Northampton, Mass., 25 Apr., i66g 

Abraham, b. Northampton, Mass., 20 Jan., 1672 



426 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

/Ibr. /llblUer'B poem 

Hail, Northampton, ancient town ! 

Fair are thy sunny skies, 
The mountains grand on every hand 

In splendor round thee rise. 
And down thy fertile valleys fair 

Bright, sparkling streamlets flow, 
Whilst flowers rare perfume the air 

And set thy hills aglow. 

Northampton of the old Bay State, 

Of all thou art the best. 
For every toil upon thy soil 

Returns a bounty blest. 
Thy every vale and every hill 

The hives of labor hold. 
Which takes but skill, with stock in mill. 

Great products to unfold. 

Thy rivers at their source 

Flow forth from beds of gold, 
And down the land through valleys grand 

They sweep in billows bold. 
And on their waves thy commerce great 

Finds exit to the sea, 
And nations all, both great and small. 

Pay tribute unto thee. 

Thy sons in war are true and brave, 

In peace their virtties glow; 
No traitor's name or coward's shame 

Doth thy proud records show. 
But thy bright name on freedom's page 

As luminous as at birth, 
Will ever shine with light divine 

Whilst freedom dwells on earth. 

Thou art a town of happy homes. 

Where peace and pleasure reigns; 
Thy pretty girls, earth's treasure pearls. 

Make famous thy domains. 
Thou art indeed supremely blest 

By nature's thousand charnis; 
Great fields of wealth and founts of health 

Thou claspest in thine arms. 

And thou hast many beauties grand. 

In this valley fair to see. 
And heaven's sun ne'er shone upon 

A fairer land than thee; 
And as thy many sons return, 

W'ho have been wont to roam. 
They raise their songs in measures strong 

To praise their native home. 

Elbert H. T. Miller 
Scottsville, New York. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 427 



/iRrs. StanarD'3 ipoem 



Descendants of William, one and all. 

Who are gathered here at Dewey Hall, 

From the east and west: from the north and south: 

From the river's source to the river's mouth ; 

To welcome you all with right good will, 

Come you from the mountain, valley or hill. 

Mv paternal grandmother boasted with pride 
Of the Miller blood which she had imbibed. 
Had she lived to be with us here today, 
I really can't tell you what she would say. 
I am sure her eyes would have opened wide 
To see so many' Millers side by side. 

She counted them as among the liest. 
And praised the qualities they possessed . 
There were none so wise, so good as they — 
How manv times I have heard her say; 
And the greatest praise she could give me. 
Was to call me a Miller, just like herself. 

In everv state and in every clime, 

You will find them searching along the line. 

All striving to fill as best they may 

The space of their destiny day after day; 

Hoping their efforts may not be in vain. 

And goodness and greatness they each may attain. 

There are Millers short and Millers tall. 
There are Millers great and Millers small: 
There are Marthas who shoulder many cares. 
And Marys wilhng to give them all theirs. 
There are law vers, doctors and statesmen true, 
Farmers, mechanics and preachers, too. 

We are proud indeed of our ancestral tree. 

It interests vou and it interests me. 

And though all its fruit is not perfect and fair, 

With others we think it will favorably compare. 

So we view with pride each branch and vine 

That is added to it from time to time. 

If you wish to know more of the Millers' Well ! 

Let Elbert, our genealogist, tell 

Of William, planter and tanner, of great renown, 

Who was one of the founders of Northampton town; 

Of Patience, who lived to remarkable age. 

And who was a wonderfully wise old sage. 



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QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Who could mend 3'our bones and cure your ills 
With her noted roots and herbs and pills, 
When Millers were born and where they died, 
And how many children they had beside. 
Oh, he will talk to you till your head will swim. 
And keep you up till your eyes grow dim, 

While he relates with the greatest of pride, 

Of his ancestors on the Miller side. 

But if all had chosen to be, like he, 

A bachelor, why! do you not see, 

This reunion today would not have been? 

But that is his, and not our sin. 

In this grand old world there is room for all : 

The rich and the poor, the great and the small. 

So to all who descended from William we say. 

Our hearts go out to you on this reunion day. 

We trust of God's blessings you each have your share, 

And from sorrows unbearable your lives He will spare. 




PUBLIC COMFORT HOUSE 



THE share of the Home Culture Ckibs in the Celebration of 
the Two Hundred and I'iftieth Anni\-ersar\- in(lieated gra]>h- 
icallv the s])irit of that institution. In familiar ])hrase, the 
Home Culture Clubs stand ready to do for the eonimunit\', or for the 
individual, what is not being done, or cannot be done by other agen- 
cies, and to leave undone whatever any other agency can and will do. 
Two buildings, the Household Arts House on Gothic street and the 

Center-street club house (the third build- 
ing, Carnegie Hall, not being in existence), 
were placed at the disposal of the city, 
with the suggestion that the city his- 
torical collections be housed in the one 
and the other be ec^uipped as a Public 
Comfort House. The peculiar fitness of 
the Hotisehold Arts House, architecturally, 
with its fine colonial front, and the dig- 
nified and beautiful old-fashioned interior 
w^oodwork, Vv^otdd have recommended it 
particularly for an exhibition of anti(:[ue 
furniture and historical records, even if 
it had been less centrallv located. All 




Ge(>kc;k W. C.\ble 



evidence of the cooking, waitress, dress- 
making and other classes of especial 
interest to women were removed for the 
time being, and perhaps the most in- 
teresting collection of furnittu-e, pictures, 
silver, clothing, weapons and other 
objects connected with the early life of 
Northampton that has ever been seen 
together, was exhibited in the well-filled 
rooms, and this most instructive feature 
of the Celebration has been referred to 
elsewhere. 

The Center-street house presented a 






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430 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



similar transformation. The need of a building centrally located, 
where the day visitors from out of town might come for rest or for 
refreshment, to meet their friends, or where they might be taken in 
case of accident, was very evident from the first, and the acceptance 
by the city of the Home Culture Clubs' offer of this building for that 
purpose solved what might have been a very serious problem. 

The main reading-room on the ground floor was converted into 
a general reception room. Easy-chairs, magazines and papers, fans, 
writing materials, the telephone and many other little conveniences, 
were at the service of the visitors. Opening out from this room were 
the quarters used ordinarily for class-rooms, which were converted, 
respectively, into a thoroughly equipped hospital room, with a trained 
nurse from the Dickinson Hospital in attendance, toilet-room and 
lavatory for men, a comfort much appreciated by some visitors quite 
old and infirm, for whom the effort to come had been a trial of strength. 
A similar room for women, with a darkened room for "sick headaches," 
or persons requiring absolute quiet, were arranged in the more re- 
tired quarters at the rear of the building. These rooms were equipped 
with cots, an abundance of clean towels and everv conceivable neces- 
sity, and the committee might well have a justifiable pride in the fact 
that not a single article asked for by any of the hundreds who pat- 
ronized the rooms had been forgotten or misplaced. These requests 
varied, from a needle and thread, a hot fire or a clean handkerchief, 
to a baby carriage and a temporary foster mother. Over a thousand 
people used this building on the Tuesday of the Celebration. The 
large art room became a kindergarten and day nursery, in which very 
young children might be left while their mothers went to the parade 
or elsewhere. 

On the floor above, the gymnasium and amusement hall was 
transformed into a banquet hall, and mid-day and evening meals 
were served by a committee from the women's council, assisted bv 
committees from the churches of the center and Florence. The un- 
qualified co-operation of all the denominations, under the auspices 
of a purely sociological organization, was in itself, as one of the visitors 
said, worth coming to Northampton to see. The co-operation of the 
churches was not confined to the older and richer churches, but an 
almost equal service was rendered bv such small societies as the Hebrew 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 431 



congregation of B'nai Israel and the newly-formed Polish congrega- 
tion, St. John of Cantius. The committees were as follows: 

Committee for the Public Comfort House — Mrs. L. Clark Seelye, 
Mrs. A. Lyman Williston, Mrs. John A. Houston, Miss Eleanor P. 
Gushing; chairman, Dr. Augusta Camp. 

Committee for the Arraiii^enient of tlie llistorieal Colkx'tions iu the 
GotJiie-street House~-Miss Adelene Moffat, Mrs. Wdliam H. Clapi). 

Committee for the Luncheoji arranged by tJie united ehurelies — Gen- 
eral committee, Mrs. Louise S. Hildreth, Mrs. John B. O'Donnell, Mrs. 
Walter A. Sheldon; chairman, Mrs. Phineas P. Nichols. vSub-commit- 
tee, for the Baptist church, Mrs. Joseph O. Daniels; B'nai Israel Syn- 
agogue, Mrs. Max Chavin; Edwards church. Miss Eliza I. Mavnard, 
Mrs. Charlotte M. Morgan, Mrs. Jennie E. Heine, Miss Aida A. Heine; 
Church of the Annunciation, Mrs. Michael E. Cooney, Miss Marv Dunn, 
Mrs. Patrick J. Daley; Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Mrs. Edward 
T. Barrett; First Congregational church, Mrs. George N. Webber, Mrs. 
Sidney A. Clark, Mrs. Louise S. Hildreth; First Methodist Episcopal 
church, Mrs. Walter A. Sheldon; Florence Congregational church, 
Mrs. S. Allen Barrett, Mrs. Frederick E. Chase; Free Congregational 
church, Mrs. Henry W. Sanford ; Sacred Heart church, Misses Albina L. 
Bernier and Adeline M. La Plant; Second Methodist Episcopal church, 
Florence, Mrs. Edwin M. Mason; St. John of Cantius church. Miss 
Kate G. Miller; St. John's Episcopal church, Mrs. Frank I. Washburn; 
St. Mary's Church of the Assumj^tion, Mrs. John B. O'Donnell, Mrs. 
Edward W. Blanchfield, Miss Hannah M. Twohig. 

Committee for tlie Float — Messrs. Charles H. Tucker, P2dward J. 
Jarvis, John W. Coleman, Charles E. Derosier, Emorv C. Warner, John 
J. Spring, John J. Denn, Mrs. Emory C. Warner, Miss Albina L. 
Bernier, Miss Adeline M. La Plant, Miss Eva R. Choquette. 

Miss Adelene Moffat and Harry B. Taplin, secretaries of the clubs, 
were ex-ofiicio members of all committees. 




REMARKABLE RECORD FOR A 
GREAT CIVIC CELEBRATION 

NO CRIME, NO ACCIDENT, NO FICIOUSNESS, REPORTED 



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Chief-of-Poi.ici; Henry E. ;\Iavnard and Chaukfeur George R. Turner 

ALLUSION has been made in the press reports to the noticeable 
lack of accidents, drunkenness and crime during the Celebra- 
tion, and this matter deserves more than ordinary mention. 
That such an important affair, participated in by probably 50,000 
people, should pass withotit an accident, any loss of property, or gen- 
eral carousal, is c^uite remarkable, and is a testimony to the strength 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 433 



and skill of the lawful authorities, as well as the self-control of the 
people. Extraordinary precautions were taken l)y the i)olice depart- 
ment, to make property and life secure durini^^ the ("eleliration, and 
the good sense and co-operation of the peo|)le doubtless contributed 
greatly to the preservation of law and order. 

Several days before the Anniversary, Clhef-of-Police Maynard 
suggested precautions to the i)ublic, such as to lock their houses care- 
fully if they left them during the Celebration hours, to avoid carry- 
ing money or valuables on their persons, in a crowd, and to look sharp 
when crossing the street, in front of approaching vehicles or cars. 

Police service was not unusually pressing, however, until the third 
day of the Celebration, although several crooks were s])otted and sent 
out of town on Monday. On Tuesday Chief Maynard had automo])ile 
service, with George R. Turner as chauffeur, and was in evcr\' i^art 
of the town during the day. Six officers from Holvoke were on dutv 
during the day, and five others from the same city were assigned to 
the driving park at night. State detectives from Boston and specials 
from New York were also on hand, and kept a close watch for ])ick- 
pockets. A woman acting suspiciously in a Main-street store was 
escorted out of town and told not to return, Init no loss of monev was 
reported during the day, except of some small amounts, which were 
probably purely accidental. 

Although the saloons were o|)en and did a thriving business, there 
was no perceptible drtmkenness on the streets, and there were Init 
three cases in the police court the next morning. The hospital ambu- 
lance and the doctors waited in vain to be called, although it was ex- 
pected that there would he more than one case rer|uiring attention 
before the day was over. 

Take it all in all, it was a most ic-markable showing for public 
comfort, peace and order, on such a day, and it is doubtful if such 
a crowd could ever be gathered in Northampton again under such 
fortunate circumstances. 







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HAVE been all over England, have traveled through the highlands of Scot- 
land, have ascended Mont Blanc, and stood on the Canipagna at Rome, but 
I have never~seen anything so surpassingly lovely as this. 

Charles Sumner, on Mt. Holyoke, Aug. i, 1847 



But the emotions excited in my mind at Northampton do not rest with the 
qualification for the useful or beautiful. There is that in your scenery which 
addresses a higher principle, the highest in our nature. I witnessed it in all its 
power this morning, as I drove in an open carriage, with the Governor, through 
vour magnificent meadows. We passed first through a sort of vapoury sea, which 
seemed to surge over the face of the plain, and as it melted into air we saw at a 
distance wreath after wreath of silver}' mist, moving slowly up the side of the 
hill. It seemed as if Nature, with its clouds of incense, was doing homage to the 
mountain majesty of Holyoke, sparkling as he was with a diadem of dew-drops 
and robed in the purple of the morn. I felt as if man, the rational worshiper, 
were bound to unite in strains of vocal adoration, with the silent anthems of 
plain and stream and hill, and I was ready to repeat the lovely words which 
Milton puts into the mouths of our first parents: 

"Ye mists and exhalations that now rise 
From vale or streaming lake, dusky or grey. 
Till the sun paints your fleecy skirts with gold. 
In honor to the world's great Author, rise. 
Whether to'deck with clouds the uncolored sky. 
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, 
Rising or falling, still advance His praise ! " 

EuwARD Everett, at Agricultural dinner, at Northampton, Oct. 7, 1X52 



She, with her fair meadows and noble streams, is lovely enough, but she owes 
her surpassing attraction to those twin summits which brood her like living pres- 
ences, looking down into her streets as if they were her tutelary divinities, dressing 
and undressing their green shrines, robing thetnselves in jubilant sunshine or in 
sorrowing clouds, and doing penance in the snowy shroud of winter, as if they 
ha.d living hearts under their rocky ribs and changed their mood like the children 
of the soil at their feet, who grow up under their almost paternal smiles and 
frowns. Happy is the child whose first dreams of heaven are blended with the 
evening glories of Mt. Holyoke, when the sun is firing its treetops and gilding the 
white walls that mark its one human dwelling. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes 



MR. CAMPION'S L K F T 1^ R S 

THE CELEB R A T I O N A S r I E IV E D 
B r AN E N G L I S H M A N ' S EVE S 

WIIl'^X vSamuel S. Campion of Northam])ton, Iviij^iand, returned 
home from his visit to tliis eonntrv, lie ])ul)lislie(l in the 
Northampton Mercury, ])robal)l\- the ohlest jjajx'r in the 
world, of whieh he was then editor, a series of letters, deseril)injj^, in a 
very interesting way, his experiences. From these letters extracts 
have been made in succeeding pages, eliminating, of course, the re- 
ports of his addresses at the different gatherings, as these have already 
been given, in consectitive order, in previous pages. Mr. Campion's 
first letter was written to the Mayor and Town Council of his residen- 
tial city, and will l)e found following : 

©tficial IRepoit 

At the monthly meeting of the Northampton Town Council, on 
Monday, July 4th, 1Q04, the Town Clerk read the following letter, 
which had been received by the Mayor from Alderman Cami)ion : 

To THE Worshipful the Mayor (Ccjuxcillor Edward Lewis, J. P.) 

June 30, 1904. 

Dear Mr. Mayor: 

As your ambassador, re|;)resenting yourself, the Corj^oration, and 
the burgesses of my native town at the City of Northampton, Mass., 
on the occasion of the celel^ration of the 250th anniversar\- of its set- 
tlement, on June 5th, 6th and 7th, I desire to report to you the cordial 
manner in wdiich I was received. From the moment of my setting 
foot in the city to the moment of my departure I received nothing 
but the most graceful courtesies and the most considerate kindness. 
I was made, as your representative, the honoured guest of the city; 
and in every function connected with the Celebration I was not only 
placed in positions of honour, but the kindliest alhisions were made 
to my presence as the representative of the mother city in the old 
country. For it was made clear that Northampton, Old England, 
was the source from whence sprang Northampton, Mass. I was in- 
formed that the New England city received its name out of respect 
to some of the earliest settlers who had come from our ancient borough. 
I was careful to emphasize the fact that a tie no less strong, betw^een the 



436 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

old and the new cities, was to be found in the circumstance that Law- 
rence Washington, an ancestor of General George Washington, was 
Mayor of our borough in 1533 and 1546. Nor did I forget to make suit- 
able reference to the Washington tomb at Great Brington Church, 
with its coat of arms, which gave the idea for the Stars and Stripes, 
and to other historical tics between Northamptonshire and the United 
States. At an important Sunday-school gathering in the oldest church 
of Northampton I gave greetings to the Sunday-school workers and 
scholars of Old Northampton. His Excellency John L. Bates, the Gov- 
ernor of Massachusetts, was also present, and in his address gave me 
a most cordial welcome as the representative of the old mother city. 
In response to my greetings, the large assembly stood up in token 
of their approval of a proposition to reciprocate the good wishes of 
which I was bearer to the whole of the Sunday-school workers and 
scholars of Northampton, Old England. And through you, Mr. Mayor, 
I hope I may be permitted to convey this reciprocal greeting from 
the Sunday schools of Northampton, Mass., as an example of one 
of the important ties which bind together the Old and the New Worlds. 

Northampton, Mass., is an important educational centre. Its 
educational institutions are unique in character and excellence. And 
I was glad to have the opportunity of addressing 800 pupils of the 
Grammar and High schools of Northampton, together with their parents 
and friends, on some points of historic interest connected with the old 
Borough from which their city had taken its name. Similarly it was 
mv pleasure to speak to a gathering of students at Smith College, 
the largest educational institution for young women in the world. 

Governor Long, ex-Secretary of the United States Navy, the 
official orator of the Celebration, paid cordial tribute to the old mother 
town and its representative — a tribute warmly applauded by a crowd- 
ed and infitiential assembly in the Academy of Music. 

At the chief function, on Tuesday, June 7th, in the Parade, I was 
paired off with Rear-Admiral Cook, a distinguished son of New 
Northampton — one of the most brilliant naval leaders of the United 
States. As a native of Old Northampton, I ventured to hope that 
the conjunction, whether designed or accidental, might be accepted 
as typical of the union of sympathy and interest between Northamp- 
ton, Old England, and Northampton, Mass. At the luncheon which 
followed, where addresses were delivered by His Honour Judge Bas- 
sett (who presided), His Excellency Governor Bates, His Honour H. 
C. Hallett (Mayor of the city), Rear-Admiral Cook, the Rev. Henry 
T. Rose, D.D., the Rev. President Clark Seelye (Smith college), Dr. 
Joseph H. Sawyer, Congressman Gillett, Colonel Parsons, and myself, 
the Mayor made the following graceful reference : 

"To the ancient city of Northampton in England, which confers 
upon her namesake the distinguished honour of official representation 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 437 



in the ]jerson of one of her most ilhistrious sons, wc present the assur- 
ances of our most affectionate regard." 

The cablegram conveying the heartiest greetings from yourself, 
the Council and the burgesses, on the occasion of the Celebration, was 
received with the utmost enthusiasm. 

In conclusion, permit me to say that it was with the greatest 
pride and satisfaction I endeavoured to convey to the authorities 
and the inhabitants of Northampton, Mass., the' heartv good wishes 
and sympathy of my fellow-townsmen. My visit was one of unalloyed 
pleasure, thanks to the perfect courtesy and the most gracious ho.s|)i- 
tality extended to me, as your representative. The occasion and its 
experiences will rank amongst the most precious memories of mv life. 

I am, dear Mr. Mayor, 

Always sincerely yours, 

S. S. Campion. 

The Mayor, in a few appreciative words, moved that the thanks 
of the Council be accorded to Mr. Campion, and that his report be 
entered upon the minutes. 

The ex-MtJ.vor seconded. 

Mr. Smith supported, and the motion was carried unanimouslv. 

Mr. Campion describes, in his first letter to his home paper, how 
he came to come to Northampton, and his reception here. 

By great good fortune, I had arranged to visit the World's Pur- 
chase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri, U. S. A., just about the time 
that the people of Northampton, in Massachusetts State, had arranged 
to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the settlement of their city. I 
had learned the fact from a communication which was directed to 
"the oldest newspaper, Northampton, England," and concluded that, 
if circumstances were propitious, it would be most agreeable to be 
present at the celebration as a representative of the old English Borough, 
from which the American city took its name. The Mavor of North- 
ampton, Mass., the Hon. H. C. Hallett, was apprised of my intention 
to be at St. Louis, and on my arrival at Montreal on Sundav, May 
22nd, by the good ship Parisian, of the Allan Line, I received a tel- 
egram giving me a cordial invitation to be the guest of the citv on 
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Jtme 5th, 6th, and 7th — the davs 
fixed for the celebration — and it was signed bv the Mavor and the 
City Clerk (Mr. Egbert L Clapp). 

I also learned from the telegram that an invitation to the Mayor 
and Corporation of Northampton to send a representative had been 
dispatched on May loth, which would reach England onlv after I had 
left, so that it would be too late for our Corporation to take official 



438 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



action. However, I wired immediately my acceptance of the invita- 
tion so cordially made, with the full conviction that any greetings I 
might convey to the inhabitants of Northampton, Mass., would be 
heartily endorsed by the Mayor, the Corporation, and the burgesses 
of mv'own native town. Having then visited sundry points of inter- 
est in Canada and the States, and the St. Louis Exposition, I started 
fiom Montreal to Northampton, Mass., on Saturday, June 4th, by 
Lake Champlain and the Connecticut Vahey, by the Central Vermont 
R. R. and the Boston and Maine R. R. — a most picturesque route. 
I started from Montreal at 9 a. m. and reached Northampton at 5.47 
p. m. — nearlv nine hours' continuous travelling. 

On alighting, I was at once spotted by a gentleman, who might 
have been a member of the firm of Cheeryble Brothers — good humor 
and cordial feeling were so unmistakably stamped upon his face. It 
was Mr. Hardy, chairman of the Reception Committee, and with him 
was one of the trusted city fathers. Alderman Babbitt. They gave 
me a hearty welcome, and made me feel "at home" in a twinkhng. 
These gentfemen introduced me to another of the respected citizens 
of the New England city, Mr. T. G. Spaulding, formerly City Attorney, 
and one who, I afterwards learned, had contributed much to the suc- 
cessful inception and preliminary plans of the Celebration. I was 
placed under his care, and from the moment of my arrival to the mo- 
ment of my departure I was the happy recipient of the most graceful 
courtesies and the kindest consideration from him. I felt at once 
that there was a sort of conspiracy on every hand to give me, as the 
representative of my old borough, "a good time," and I need hardly 
say the benevolent conspiracy was successful. I was installed in 
most comfortable quarters, at the Norwood Hotel — an hostelry sur- 
rounded with trim shaven lawns and stately elms — in the city and 
yet in the country. Mr. Bowker, the landlord, and his assistants, 
too, left no stone unturned to secure my comfort. In driving from 
the depot to the hotel, I passed the spacious Main street, which I found 
was ablaze with colour — the "Stars and Stripes," of course, in the 
ascendant, and with elaborate preparations for illuminations visible 
on every hand. Needless to say, I entered into the spirit of the occa- 
sion very heartily. Its sentiment was thoroughly in harmony with 
my own feelings. 

Directly after dinner, two newspaper representatives waited upon 
me to glean my impressions of what I had already seen. As breth- 
ren of the c^uill, we were at once on a footing of camaraderie. 

Mr. Campion then went on to describe the Sunday services in 
the chtirches, the Service of Song, etc., and wrote as follows: 

21 mew of tbc Cits 

In the afternoon a heavy storm broke the sunny peace of the day. 
When the weather had cleared up, I was honoured with a visit from 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 439 



his Honour Mayor Hallett and the Mayoress, both of whom, in the 
midst of the pressing engagements of the occasion, were most knid 
in their endeavour to make my stay at their city a lia])])y one. Sub- 
sequently, mv friend, Mr. vSpaulding, took me for a drive around the 
city, that I might obtain some idea of its characteristics. If I had 
wondered before, I could then no longer be surprised at the pride with 
which Northamptonians regard their city. It is really situated in a 
park. The main business street is at least 120 feet wide. Its resi- 
dential cjuarters consist of so many "streets," sparsely dotted with 
artistic dwellings, almost all provided with attractive verandahs, and 
with trim shaven lawns running down to the roadway. No fences 
are needed to divide the lawns from the roads. There appear to be 
no wanton larrikins to trespass on forbidden ground and do mis- 
chief in unfenced gardens. The streets are so many roadways through 
a park. All the people appear to be well-to-do, comfortable. With 
such dwellings, with their lawns adorned with stately trees, just now 
dressed in Spring's verdant glory, there is more than a suggestion of 
an Earthly Paradise. From its elevated spots — say from Round 
Hill, for example — most beautiful views are visible. I was prepared 
for something of the city's surroundings, in the glimpses I got of the 
picturescjue vallev of the Connecticut as I came down on the train on 
Saturday. But the reality far exceeded any anticipation. North- 
ampton,' Old England, has its Nene; but venerable as the Nene is, 
and not without attractive characteristics in some of its reaches, it 
must "pale its ineffectual fires" before the Connecticut Valley, which 
possesses features on a grander and more picturesciue scale altogether. 
Then there are the Meadows. At home we have some pride in our 
Meadows; but they are small and insignificant compared with the vast 
expanse of meadow land which Northampton, Mass., can boast — 
meadows which have obtained for it the cognomen of "the Meadow 
City." There is the silver ribbon of river, in its course of some 450 
miles from source to sea (in Long Island Sound), and its fertile mead- 
ow lands, and then beyond ranges of protecting hills, the highest of 
which are Mount Holyoke, Mount Tom, and Sugar-Loaf Mountani. 
Here was a civic diamond of the first water, in a setting of exquisite 
natural beauty. 

Mr. Campion was much impressed with all the indoor exercises, 
in which he had more or less part, and after the children's gathering 
in the tent, he was taken to the ball game, which he thus refers to: 

Subsequently I was taken to see a game of baseball between 
Springfield and Northampton. Baseball is a glorified game of "round- 
ers," but is quite on a par with cricket in the skill required, and 
in the interest evoked. My sympathies were patriotically with North- 
ampton, but alack! the visitors from the neighbouring town came off 
victors. It cheered me to learn, however, that the latter have not 
always been triumphant, and that Northampton can boast many 
excellent players at the American national pastime. 



440 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

Concert an? TReceptlon 

Of this he says: In the evening there was a grand concert at the 
Anniversary Pavihon by the Northampton Vocal Club, under the 
directorship of Mr. Ralph L. Baldwin. It was a very fine performance. 
The Club was assisted by Mr. Albert E. Brown, basso (of Boston) 
— an Englishman, whose acquaintance I was pleased to make — and 
by Mrs. Albert E. Brown as pianiste. Rudyard Kipling's "Hymn 
before action" was sung to music composed by the Director, Mr. 
Baldwin — the composition impressed everybody as being a splendid 
rendering of the poet's words. I was told the "Hymn" has been 
sung at the Crystal Palace, London, to Mr. Baldwin's setting. 

The concert just lasted an hour. Then the Governor of Massa- 
chusetts held a reception, assisted by Mrs. Bates, Mayor Hallett and 
the Mayoress; and I was courteously asked to join the receiving party. 
It was the first experience I had had of the American plan of recep- 
tions, but a very agreeable one. Adjutant General Dalton, the Chief 
of the Governor's staff, estimated that at least 1,500 people shook 
hands. I was asked whether my right hand did not ache. I replied 
that it did not; and then I found I had instinctively caught the right 
knack in shaking hands. The reception gave me the opportunity of 
meeting many interesting people — English and American. I was 
glad to meet the widow of my old friend, Henry Burt, formerly of 
Springfield and Northampton, and founder of "Among the Clouds," 
and his son, also, whom I had met in Northampton, Old England, 
and of whom I had pleasant memories. Several English ladies and 
gentlemen, too, were among the company, and these hailed the pres- 
ence of a compatriot with satisfaction. There were many Americans 
whose ancestors had come from the old country within recent times; 
and family reminiscences showed me how deeply the affection for 
the old country is rooted in thousands of American hearts. 

I spent the rest of the evening most pleasantly with Colonel and 
Mrs. Williams, and with members of the Governor's staff. In one 
of them. Brigadier General Otis Marion, it was a pleasure to find a 
friend of my friend. Major Gratwicke, of Exeter. An invitation to 
visit him at Boston I was, unfortunately for myself, unable to accept. 
That reminds me, too, that I had a pressing invitation from a life- 
long friend, the Rev. W. H. Albright, D.D., of Boston, to visit him, 
and take part in some meetings there. I had contemplated getting 
a day in at Boston, but it was impossible to tear myself away from 
Northampton till the last moment, and so — as engagements on the 
other side prevented my prolonging my stay in the States — I was 
obliged to drop Boston. 

^bc ©ranO H)a^ — iParaDe anJ) ILuncbeon 

Tuesdav was the grand day of the celebrations. A symbolic 
parade, on a magnificent scale, had been organized; and this was fol- 
lowed by a grand luncheon. At sunrise the echoes were awakened 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 441 

with the firing of salutes. At ten o'clock, under Sheriff Jairus Clark, 
as Chief Marshal, and Captain Richard W. Irwin, as Chief of Staff, 
with a staff of competent aides, the procession was marshalled. Never 
did I see a procession marshalled with greater smoothness or ease. 
Everything "went with a click," as we say, in common parlance, in 
this country. Never did the city present a more remarkably fine 
appearance. I have seen many parades and processions, including 
Lord Mayor's shows, but never so magnificent and so completely 
finished a parade as that which trod the streets of Northampton, Mass., 
on Tuesday, June 7th. It is estimated that at least 50,000 specta- 
tors were present, and there were representatives from at least 22 
States of the Union, who, directly or indirectly interested in the citv, 
had come to do it honour. The Governor (his Excellency J. L. Bates) 
was necessarily the chief figure in the procession; he occupied a car- 
riage drawn by four horses, and he was accompanied by the Mayor, 
His Honour H. C. Hallett. The decorations everywhere were most 
profuse, and brightness and joy were supreme. 

I was happy to be allotted to a carriage in which my compan- 
ions were Rear Admiral Cook and Mr. T. G. Spaulding, both of them 
old Northampton boys. Admiral Cook was in command of the Brook- 
lyn at the Battle of Santiago, and his brilliant exploit in that vessel 
on that occasion is a matter of history. It was easy to see he is a great 
favourite at Northampton. We were taken together by a photog- 
rapher, and the picture appeared in the "Boston Globe" the next 
day. The juxtaposition was not without interest. Admiral Cook, 
as a native of Northampton, Mass., and I, as a native of Northamp- 
ton, Old England, formed a happy conjunction of the old and the 
new, typical, as I hope, of the ties which bind the two cities in svm- 
pathy and interest. It was very pleasing, at various points, to note 
the enthusiasm which the presence of the representative from Old 
England evoked — for by this time my personality had become fairly 
well known. It was all a friendly recognition of the old town and 
the old country. Indeed, in one case, the shout was heard, "Three 
cheers for Old England." It was a pleasure to be the recipient of 
these tribtites to the Mother City and the Mother Country. Some 
of the items in the procession were illustrative of the dangers of the 
old settlement (from Indians) and of the life of the old colonists. The 
industries of the neighbourhood were illustrated — silk, hosiery, and 
prophylactic tooth brushes. The procession was a mile and a half 
in extent, and took an hour to pass any given point. 

After describing the collation at the tent, his own and other 
speeches thereafter, Mr. Campion writes: 

At the close of the proceedings described in my last letter, I paid 
a flying visit to Smith College, having the advantage of the compan- 
ionshi]) of Mr. Sidney Bridgman, as cicerone. But of this more anon. 



442 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

At Mr. Bridgman's private house I had the pleasure of an introduc- 
tion to Mrs. Bridgman and several ladies interested in the College 
for Girls at Mount Holyoke, an educational institution of far-reaching 
usefulness. I was interested to learn that Mr. Bridgman was the 
publisher of Todd's Student's Manual — a book which I had found of 
inestimable value in my youth, and which I would warmly recommend 
to students — especially self-educating students. Its author, the Rev. 
John Todd, was a minister of the Jonathan Edwards Church — an 
offshoot of the First Church. 

Colonial IReceptlon 

In the evening, the members of the Betty Allen Chapter of Daugh- 
ters of the American Revolution held a reception at the City Hall. 
The hall was beautifully decorated, and there was a brilliant assembly. 
Many of those present were dressed in costumes of the Revolutionary 
period, and the effect was charming and picjuant. Who was Betty 
Allen? That was the first question which rose to my lips. The an- 
swer — she was a lady of the Revolution who had seven sons, and she 
gave them all to the Revolution, to fight for American Independence. 
One of them was "the fighting parson," who appeared to be equally 
at home in the field or in the pulpit. One lady was wearing a dress, 
which an ancestress had worn at a ball where she danced with Gen- 
eral George Washington; and she carried the fan which the lady used 
on the same occasion. Surely the spirit of romance was there, and 
I was not slow to pay my homage to it. I was kept pretty well and 
happily occupied in exchanging reminiscences and ideas with many 
of the guests, who showed their interest in the old country and freely 
recognised what they owed to it. From innumerable charters I had 
expressions of the pleasure which was felt that the old town in the 
old country should be represented at this celebration. The pleasure 
was mutual. 

Bt ©l& 1baMe« 

The day had been a fairly heavy one, what with the excitements 
of the Parade, the post-prandial exercises, and the Daughters of the 
American Revolution, who, as I remarked more than once, were 
enough to turn any man into a revolutionary. But next morning at 
seven o'clock I was driven by Mr. Edward O. Damon, another of 
Northampton's kindliest citizens, to Hadley — a rural outpost of the 
greater city. The objects of interest here were — a street, a church, 
and a house. The street is a noble avenue, 250 feet or more wide 
— for the greater part overgrown with grass and guarded with 
venerable elms. The house is built on the site of an older structure, 
over a cellar in which it is related Goffe and Whalley, two of the reg- 
icides responsible for the execution of Charles I., lay hid for a consid- 
erable time from those who, in the Second Charles' time, sought their 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 443 



blood. The church is associated with Goffc. Whalley — the trachtion 
is somewhat hazy — appears to have got away. But Goffe remained. 
On one occasion the inhabitants of the hamlet were at worship in the 
church, when the Indians made their appearance. Goffe observed 
them. He knew that if the people were caught in the church their 
doom was certain and his, too. So sword in hand he made for the 
church — a hundred yards or so distant — and warned the worshippers. 
His venerable figure' made him appear to the Indians like a visitant 
from another world. They fled in superstitious terror, and the wor- 
shippers, hailing Goffe as their deliverer, took fresh heart. Here was 
a romantic association of the Stuarts with the North American In- 
dians which I was anxious not to lose; and Mr. Damon's kindness made 
my pilgrimage to this shrine of seventeenth century liberty very pleas- 
ant indeed. 

2lt Smttb Gollecic 

Back to breakfast, and before half past eight I set off for Smith 
College, to be present at the opening exercises and to fulfill a prom- 
ise to address one of the classes. Smith College is, I beheve, the largest 
educational institution of its kind in the world. It was founded on 
a bequest of 386,000 dollars (£:77,20o) under the will of the late Sophia 
Smith, niece of Oliver Smith, who had before left a fund of 370,000 
dollars (£74,000) for indigent bovs and girls, young women and wid- 
ows. Sophia Smith, who died a spinster, left her money for the higher 
education of girls, with the result that she has been the means of found- 
ing a magnificent monument, in which her generous spirit will live to 
the end of time in the minds and hearts of noble women, who, through 
her far-sighted and practical sympathy with the best aspirations of 
her sex, will help to dominate generations yet unborn with the finest 
ideals. There are 1,100 young ladies in the institution, who, through 
accomplished and gifted "teachers, under President L. Clark Seelye — 
a man of the finest character and great attainments— have the oppor- 
tunity of receiving the best possible teaching on the subjects included 
in an extensive curriculum. The college grounds are in the midst 
of lovely lawns and sheltering trees — a veritable "Grove of Academe." 
The institution is an educational idyll. 

I breathed the prayer: Would that some Soj^hia Smith might 
arise to confer a similarly noble benefaction on my own old city at 
home. 

Every morning the proceedings of the day are opened with a 
brief service. The chanting of a Psalm, the reading of a passage of 
Sciipture, a hvmn, a praver, and the girls go to their several classes. 
It is all verv simple, vet withal impressive. The Psalms are arranged 
in an order,' which excmi)lifies and emphasizes the successive petitions 
of the Lord's Praver. I was so impressed with the arrangement that 



444 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

I asked permission to carry one away with me, and the President 
very kindly gave me a copy. 

But the students have disappeared to their class-rooms. I am 
conducted to a room where two classes are assembled. On the way 
I am anxious to know upon what subject it would be most agreeable 
I should speak. I find the class is engaged just now in considering 
the best methods of arriving at conclusions on any given subject. 
Happily it is a subject on which I feel at liberty to say something, 
and so speak for a limited period in a fashion which I would fain hope 
was not without a grain or two of useful suggestion. To me it was 
a delightful experience to speak to that assembly of earnest students, 
anxious to make the best use of the faculties God has given them. 
The fact that this subject should have been chosen for study by a 
class of young ladies seemed to me to admirably illustrate one of the 
best features of the method of education, which I had before under- 
stood was generally pursued in the United States — that of endeavour- 
ing at every point to draw out the faculties of the student. It goes 
a great way to explain the general alertness of the American mind. 
While, no doubt, there are teachers in our English schools who do 
attempt, as far as the restrictions of the Board of Education permit 
them, to follow out the same principle, it is not carried out with that 
svstematic constancy which is to be found in the States. 

/Iftount Mol^ofte 

In the meantime, the City Clerk, Mr. Clapp — freed from the more 
exiguous claims of the Celebration — had been devising plans for giving 
me a pleasant day in the city precincts. He and Mr. C. H. Pierce, 
of the Anniversary Executive Committee, took me to Mount Holyoke, 
that, like another Moses, I might "view the landscape o'er." In 
parenthesis I should like to say a word of Mr. Clapp, to whom I am 
indebted for many kindnesses. For 21 years, ever since, indeed, 
the incorporation of the city, he has filled the important office of city 
clerk, a fact which speaks volumes for the unbounded confidence of 
his fellow-citizens — for it is an office subject to annual popular elec- 
tion. He is an old soldier of the Civil War. As a lad of 18 he enlisted, 
and for four years he was actively engaged with the army which ope- 
rated in the Gulf of Mexico — part of the time in the infantry, and 
for two years as a cavalryman, closing his service as a lieutenant in 
the cavalry. The soldier's spirit runs in the blood, for he is a descend- 
ant on his father's side from Major Jonathan Clapp, one of the heroes 
of the Revolution, and his mother was a descendant of General Seth 
Pomeroy, another Northampton hero of the Revolutionary War. 
General Pomerov, although near 70, insisted on taking a share in the 
battle of Bunker's Hill. Northampton has in Mr. Clapp an officer 
of exceptional ability and great public spirit. To resume, a pleas- 
ant carriage drive round the outskirts of the city, which revealed a 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 445 



wealth of natural beauty, T very much enjoyed, brought us to the 
foot of Mount Holyoke. Some 400 feet wc traveled by a circuitous 
mountain road, till we came to the foot of the funicular — which runs 
some 600 feet up the mountain side, almost perpendicularly. Arrived 
at the summit, we found ourselves in Prospect House, with all the 
conveniences of a mountain hotel. Both from the rooms and the 
platform outside there are extensive views of the Connecticut valley 
and a wide surrounding country. From the summit can be seen 
mountains in four states, and thirty-eight towns — thirty in Massa- 
chusetts and eight in Connecticut. It is a place, "where every pros- 
pect pleases." Unfortunately the atmosphere is humid, a haze hangs 
over the hills, and our views are therefore circumscribed. Yet what 
is seen is extensive enough and beautiful enough to confirm the im- 
pressions I had formed of the infinite charm of the position in which 
Northampton is set. I could ciuite understand from what I saw the 
force of Mr. Spaulding's statement that you might, taking Northamp- 
ton as a centre, drive out in over 120 directions on as many days and 
find fresh revelations of natural beauty in each. From the heights 
of Mount Holvoke one commanded insights into vast, dim and mys- 
tic distances, full of interest and full of possibihties of enjoyment to 
the imaginative soul. 

In "returning from Mount Holyoke, we were ferried across the 
Connecticut River — the Hockanum Ferry — quite a refreshing touch 
of old-world methods of crossing the stream. Horses, carriage, and 
passengers were passed on to the raft, and were drawn over by a wire 
rope. Here the river is about 1,000 feet wide. We were encouraged 
b^' the storv that horses had, before now, been frightened into rushing 
off the raft'into the stream— "out of the frying pan into the tire"— 
to the no small peril of passengers. Our horses were, happily, of 
soberer stuff, and, under the guidance of a gentleman of colour, we 
were safelv conveyed over, without any risk of being ferried o'er the 
Styx, as yet. 

/IRount ^om 

At the City Hall, we found the Mayor and several other members 
of the civic body awaiting us. Under the kindly and helpful escort 
of these gentlemen we next turned our attention to Mount Tom — 
another of the mountain sentinels which Nature has provided the 
city. Mount Tom is reached by a system of electric cars. First we 
take the cars which run from Northampton to Springfield — a distance 
of 17 miles. The track is parallel to the Boston and Maine Railway, 
and runs bv the side of the ordniary road. The competition supplied 
by the cars has resulted in a considerable reduction of fares on that 
line between these two points. "Do the company running the cars 
pay anv subsidv to the public coffers'" I asked. "No," was the 
reply, 'it is considered that the jjublic gets its quid pro quo in the 



446 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

increased facilities of locomotion — the added convenience of commun- 
ication between the different places en route. At the foot of Mount 
Tom we change for another electric car run. This takes us to the lower 
levels of the mountain, and here we have a large acreage laid out as 
a public park, and as a place of public entertainment. The State 
has made a reservation of some 1,500 acres on Mount Tom, for the 
healthful resort of the inhabitants of Northampton city and the dis- 
trict forever. I could not help envying the inhabitants of North- 
ampton city the possession of this priceless boon. One more change 
is made, and the ascent to the top is affected by a trolley railway. 
The road to the top has given us glimpses of countless beauties in the 
valley of the Connecticut. On the shores we see dotted here and 
there the summer houses of the business men of Springfield, North- 
ampton and other towns in the district. There is a Canoe club-house, 
for canoeing on the Connecticut is one of the pleasures of the district. 
But when we have reached the summit our hopes of a glorious view 
are doomed to disappointment. The rains of the last few days have 
encouraged the mists to rise, and from the altitude of Mount Tom — 
clear and beautiful — we look down on a magnificent display of mist, 
vague, immense. Now and again there are rifts in the grey, and we 
see Kenilworth — a castle built on the pattern of that well-known 
historic structure in England — the town of Springfield, with its roofs 
shining under brief spells of sunshine, and snatches of the Connecticut 
valley on both sides — dreams of natural loveliness, touches of artistic 
beauty. The view, or rather the views — for they are various from 
most sides of the top — form the chief source of pleasure on Mount 
Tom, gratifying the love for the beautiful and supplying endless sources 
of food for the imagination. But there is ample provision for music, 
dancing, and other amusements in the Festival Hall here, under the 
enterprising management of Mr. Bowker of the Norwood. I was 
disappointed not to see all the natural beauties which Mount Tom 
brings within the range of human vision, but if what I did not see 
at all approaches the sample — that which I did see — then in this 
mountain peak Northampton possesses another asset of inestimable 
value — another fascination added to the multitudinous charms of the 
Meadow Citv- 



XLbe ffinal jfunctfon 

But the longest of days must have an ending. I had been breath- 
ing Northampton air, imbibing Northampton traditions, and the 
question was raised whether I could not stay another month. Whether 
it would have ended in my becoming an American citizen, or whether 
I should have succeeded in annexing Northampton, Mass., to the 
British Empire, I will not pretend to say. It is a question which 
must remain forever unsolved. The Mayor, who, although not a 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 447 



native of Northam])ton, has more than justified the choice of its citi- 
zens in the splendid way in which he has risen to the occasion, enter- 
tained us to an informal closing dinner at Rahar's Inn, where the 
genius of a cordial hospitality presides. The toasts were few, the 
speeches wittv in their brevity. I tried to express in a few words 
the dee]i sense of obligation under which I had been ]jlaced by the 
Mayor, the Citv Clerk, other civic authorities, and all whom 1 had 
met. If ever a man ran a danger of being "killed by kindness^'^ 1 
was that man, and if I were to escape at all it was time I was off. The 
memory of the overwhelming kindness I had received can never be 
effaced^ The Mayor and other gentlemen were good enough to say 
my presence had been of some service to the Celebration, and that they 
felt indebted to me for the spirit in which I had associated myself 
with their efforts. 

/Iftacbine Dotiiui 

Sul)sequcntly, at my request, I was initiated into the mysteries 
of the American voting machine. So many of the officers of the State, 
or of the City, are subjected to direct election, that the work of voting 
is a much rnore extensive operation than with us. Apparently more 
complicated, it is vet most simple when once you know the modus 
operandi; and the machine calculates with unerring accuracy. There 
are seven wards in the city, and within seven minutes of the closing 
of the poll Mr. Clapp has known the results of an election in the whole 
of the wards. Within 14 minutes of the closing of the poll, he has 
known the results of a State election in the city. By the cotirtesy 
of Mr. Charles Herrick and his assistant, Mr. Rhoads, I was shown 
the working of the Bardwell Votometer, the machine employed. I 
could not forbear asking Mr. Herrick whether he had any reason to 
suppose he was descended from the well-known lyric poet of the sev- 
enteenth century; but he could not say. I do not purpose to attempt 
to describe the machine on this occasion. It would be exceedingly 
difticult to do so on paper. Ocular demonstration seems absolutely 
necessarv to the complete understanding of it. Mr. Clapp explained 
to me that when the machine was decided upon practical lessons were 
given the voters before an actual election was held; much as, when 
the franchise was extended to the Enghsh counties, lessons m voting 
by ballot were given all over the countrv for the benefit of the new 
voters. I satisfied mvself that the working of the machine was ex- 
ceedingly simple, that it is impossible to tamper with it, and that it 
works with unerring accuracv. The machine is not adopted everv- 
where in the States. Its use is permissible, under State law, btit only 
such machines can be used as are sanctioned by a Commission ap- 
pointed l)y the State. Northampton is one of the pioneers m machine 
voting. 



448 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

XLbc Ibistorical Collection 

A historical collection of great interest was got together in con- 
nection with the Celebration. Mr. Gere, an eminent antiquarian, 
was chairman of the committee on historical localities, and Mr. Thomas 
Munroe Shepherd, the chairman and chief curator of the indoor ex- 
hibit. The many objects on view had been lent by the descendants 
of the first settlers and other old families. A cane, with pewter mount- 
ing, had belonged to Captain John King, described as born in North- 
ampton, England, in 1629, settling in Northampton, Mass. — in the 
thoroughfare afterwards known as King street — in 1654. It was lent 
by George Warner King, Middleport, New York. Captain King is 
said to have himself descended from Sir John King, who was at one 
timx Secretary for Ireland, in Elizabeth's reign. His son. Lieutenant 
John King, was a noted scout in the Indian wars. Then there was a 
precious case, containing knee-buckles and shoe-buckles, originally 
worn by General George Washington. They were given by his step- 
daughter, Nellie Custis, as a memento of her step-father, to Lieutenant- 
Colonel St. George Tucker, of Williamsburg, Virginia, great-grand- 
father of Mrs. John S. Hitchcock. There was also General Burgoyne's 
sword, lent by Samuel D. Smith of Hadley, Mass. This sword was 
presented by General John Burgoyne to General Porter of Hadley, 
after the surrender of Saratoga. Another of the relics was a pewter 
plate, lent by Mr. T. M. Shepherd. It was originally brought from 
Blois, France, and once belonged to the Pomeroys, who settled in 
Northampton in 1671. 

On Thursday morning, June 9th, I started from Northampton on 
my way home. I was accompanied to the train by Mr. Clapp, the 
City Clerk, and Mr. Spaulding. In cordial words of farewell, I again 
endeavoured to express my deep sense of the overwhelming kindness 
I had received, my admiration of the city, the most beautiful I had 
seen in all my travels, and my appreciation of the magnitude, beauty, 
and fine feeling of the Celebration. But, frankly, I felt that words 
were utterly inadequate. I can only say that the Northampton of 
Old England has every reason to be proucl of its namesake in the New 
World. 

S. S. C. 




My heart is thirsty for that ikiIjIc ])k'(]i^c-. 

I iLius Cesar 



That man's tlic best cosmopohte 
Who loves his native country best. 



Tennyson 



The jiatridt's boast, wliere'er we roam, 
His first best country ever is at homo. 

Goldsmith 



I sint;; New England, as she lights her fire 

In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright 

Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night, 

She still is there, the guardian on the tower, 

To open for the world a jnirer hour. 

William Ellery Channing 



My country is the world; my countrymen are all mankind. — ^ William 
Lloyd Garrison 



The soil out of which such men as he arc made is go(jd to lae born on, good 
to li\'e upon, good to die for and good to be buried in. — Holmes on Garfield 



That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and 
that government of the ])eo])le, by the ]Jcople, and for the ]ien])le, shall not 
perish from the earth. — Abraham Lincoln 



Our c(->untry, however bounded or described, and be the measurements 
more or less — still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be 
defended by all our hands. — Robert C. Winthrop, at Fancuil Hall, July 
4. i845 



"Long may our land lie bright 
With freedom's holy light; 
Protect us by Thy might. 
Great God, our King!" 



A LIST OF VISITORS TO THE CELEBRA 
TION FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY 

IT has been considered desirable to publish at least a partial list 
of those outside the county who attended the Celebration. It was 
obviously im])ossible to include all of even those who registered, 
and therefore, in the case of such no names of those wdio came from with- 
in a radius of fifteen miles have been taken. The few exceptions from 
near-by towns were reported to the newspajjers by friends with whom 
they were entertained. It is an interesting fact that over four hundred, 
or a little more than one-tenth of the whole number of visitors regis- 
tered at the City Hall, by the card index, came from the city of Spring- 
field, and most of these seem to have been drawn to Northampton 
on this occasion, by ties of real interest, which can be understood 
from the fact that Springfield was the mother town, and even now 
contains many ])eople of former Northampton citizenship. The 
daughter towns of Easthampton, Southampton, Westhampton, con- 
tributed a large share of those registered, and they came from the 
oldest families, showing the real interest of kindred, and it would 
have been a pleasure to have included their names in this book, but 
the volume would have been swelled much beyond its hmits; while 
Amherst, Hatfield and Hadley neighbors must have felt slighted if 
they had not then been included; as also Holyoke, which sent several 
hundred. 

The following list of over one thousand names is alphabetically 
arranged. A considerable number of these were not registered at the 
City Hall, and have been obtained from other sources. When it is 
considered that the list of those who registered alone amounts to about 
4,000, some idea may be had of the great crowd of visitors who were 
in the city Celebration week. 

Many names of those in Springfield and other cities are not in- 
cluded in the list here given, Ijecause the full name was not registered. 
It would have been well if the committee in charge had called for the 
full name. Such name would have been of much greater value for 
future reference, and some of those who registered were so thoughtful 
as to see this and gave their full names voluntarily, many married 
women being so good as to give their maiden names also. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



451 



XLhc Xf6t 

Mrs. Oeorgk I. Ahhott 

Mrs. William T. An earn 

William Ahearx 

Mrs. Alfred Aikex 

Mrs. T. M. Albee . . . 

Robert E. B. Alben 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Albro 

Mrs. E. H. Alden . . . 

Mrs. E. M. Alden . . . 

Mrs. Herbert C. Alderman 

Mrs. John A. Aldrich . 

William O. Aldrich 

Harry M. Alexander 

Miss Effie Deans Allan . 

Rev. Arthur H. Allen 

Mrs. Catherine Allen 

Charles T. Allen 

Mrs. Frank R. Allen 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Allen 

Miss Susan B. Allen 

Miss Margaret Ames 

Mrs. W. J. Angell . . . 

T. A. Appleton .... 

Miss Bertha May Arnold . 

Clarence H. Arnold 

Miss Elizabeth Parker Arnold 

Charles P. Atkins . 

Mrs. Cora P. Atkins 

Mrs. Frederic C. Atkins 

Mrs. George D. Atkins 

Miss Eillian Atkins 

Miss Sarah M. Atkins . 

Miss M. Jennie Atkinson . 

Miss Fannie Augur 

Miss H. Ella Baab . . . 

Alexander H. Baker 

C. Sumner Baker 

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Baker 

Lester D. Ball .... 

Miss Mary Ball 

Miss Rena S. Ball . . 

George E. Ballou . 

James Ballou .... 

Miss Freda C. Bancroft 



R(;chcster, N. Y. 

Norwich, Conn. 

Norwich, Cf)nn. 

Boston 

Ncwfane, Vt. 

Willirnansctt 

S])ringHcl(l 

Millers Falls 

Springfield 

Westfield 

Springfield 

Springfield 

New York 

Holyoke 

New Brighton, vStaten Island 

Holyoke 

Manchester, N. H. 

New A^ork 

Somerville 

Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

St. Paul, Minn.' 

Chicopee Falls 

Beverly 

Housatonic 

New Britain. Conn. 

Westfield, N. J. 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Boston 

Hartford, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Beverly 

New Haven, Conn. 

Lawrence 

Turners Falls 

Springfield 

Rockland 

Springfield 

Sunderland 

Worcester 

Springfield 

Los Angeles, Cal. 

Philadelphia 



452 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Mrs. Martha Bates Smith Bard- 
well Holyoke 

Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bardwell . Whately 

Charles W. Barker .... Greenfield 

Miss Ella B. Barker .... Springfield 

Miss Helen A. Barker . . . Somcrville 

Miss Helen Mae Barker . . . Dorchester 

George H. Barney Springfield 

Charles H. Barrows .... Springfield 
Mrs. Jeanie Raynor Barrows and 

daughter Springfield 

Mrs. a. D. Bartlett .... Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Miss Alice E. Bartlett . . . New Rochelle, N. Y. 

George P. Bartlett .... Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Miss Marion W. Bartlett . . . Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Mrs. Walter L. Bartlett . . . New Haven, Conn. 

Miss Gertrude Bates .... Wellington, Vt. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Bayley Thomaston, Conn. 

Charles A. Beaman .... Springfield 

Miss Nancy E. Beebe .... Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Mr. and Mrs. Belanger . . . Chicopee Falls 

Oliver K. Belcher .... Chicopee 

Mrs. William C. Belden . . . Springfield 

Miss Dorothy Belden . . . Springfield 

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Belden . Whately 

Miss Anna Belden Whately 

Mr. and Mrs. Alvah N. Belding . Rockville, Conn. 

Joseph Belisle Worcester 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bell . Southampton 

Mrs. Aura Belleville .... Newport, N. H. 

Norman A. Benard Fairview 

Mrs. Ray S. Benjamin .... Suffield, Conn. 

Mrs. a. S. Bennett Beaufort, S. C. 

Miss Grace A. Bennett . . . Beaufort, S. C. 

Mr. and Mrs. Benoit .... Springfield 

John Bergeson Boston 

A. Catherine Berry .... Bar Mills, Me. • 

Miss M. E. Biddle Sj)ringfield 

George A. Bigelow .... Philadelphia 

Miss Jane A. Bigelow . . . Philadelphia 

Miss Mayme E. Binns .... Gardner 

Frank M. Bird Canton 

Rev. Richard E. Birks . . . Deerfield 

William Bliss ' . Troy, N. Y. 

Miss Bertha Bliss Troy, N. Y. 

Miss Anna C. Bliss Philadelphia 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 453 



Miss Sunshine Blyth .... New York 
Mr. and Mrs. Edw.vrd C. Boim.vN New York 

Miss Alice Bolter Hartford, Conn. 

Grey BouLTON Lloyds, London, E.G., England 

Gharles Boyden vS])ringfield 

Dr. Joseph N. Boyer .... S])ringfield 

Amos H. Brackett Gakdale 

G. Ives Bradley Buffalo, N. Y. 

Thomas F. Brady Austin, Texas 

Miss Florence M. Branning . . Springfield 

William J. Bray Ware 

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Breault . Woonsocket, R. L 
Henry M. Brewster ... Springfield 

Mrs. Esther Day Brickett . . West Springiield 
Joseph C. Bridgman .... Hyde Park 
Mrs. E. a. Bridgman .... Syracuse, N. Y. 
Ruthven Bridgman .... Belchertown 

James Briggs Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Brock . Lynn 

Gharles Brodeur Bridgeport, Conn. 

Miss Eloise Brome Suffield, Conn. 

George W. Brooks Chicopee Falls 

W^illiam F. Brooks Granville 

Mrs. Alice T. Brown .... Springfield 
Charles H. Brown, Jr. ... Buffalo, N. Y. 

Clifford Brown Cheshire, N. H. 

Mrs. Henry Bush Brown . . . Milton 

Lester T. Brown Shelburne Falls 

Miss Maria Brown Springfield, Ohio 

Nathan Brown New York 

Paul F. Brown St. Louis, Mo. 

Frederick W. Bruggerhof . . Noroton, Conn. 
Mrs. Orville C. Brush . . . Holyoke 

James A. Bryan, Jr Springfield 

M. A. Bryant Winnipeg, Canada 

John Buchanan Londonderry, Ireland 

Walter E. Buck Conway 

Bernard Buckley Troy, N. Y. 

Fred W. Buddemeyer .... Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Mrs. Sarah M. Bull .... Winsted, Conn. 

George L. Bullard Spencer 

Mrs. Jeannette Brewer Bullard Spencer 

Byron A. Burdick Springfield 

Rudolph Burgess New York 

Miss Annie Burke Maiden 

James M. Burke Greenfield . 



454 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Thomas F. Burke Springfield 

Mrs. Ida H. Burnett .... Chicopee Falls 

Mrs. E. N. Burnham .... New Dorchester 

Miss Josephine E. Burns . . Holyoke 

Mrs. Charles C. Burr .... Newton Center 

Miss Urania S. Burrows . Shelburne Falls 

Peter Bursie Baltimore, Md. 

Mrs. Belle M. Burt .... vSpringfield 

EsBON J. Burt Westfield 

Mrs. Henry M. Burt .... Newton 

Frank Hunt Burt Newton 

Orsamus C. Burt Plainfield 

Mrs. L. W. Bush Brookline, Vt. 

Arthur Ctordon Butler and son Caldwell, N. J. 

Hunt M. Butler Pittsburg, Pa. 

George H. Cahill Meriden, Conn. 

John C. Calhoun St. Louis, Mo. 

Raymond E. Cameron .... Providence, R. I. 

John Campbell Brattleboro, Vt. 

Miss Mary Campion Waterbury, Conn. 

Eugene F. Cantrell .... Greenfield' 

William J. Cantwell .... New York 

Mrs. Walter N. Capen . Noroton, Conn. 

Rene J. Cardinal Woburn, Mass. 

Martha Falconer Latimer 

Carlisle New Haven, Conn. 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Carlisle New Haven, Conn. 

John M. A. Carmody ... Holyoke 

Herbert L. Carpenter . Baltimore, Md. 

Peter Carrier ... Boston 

Herbert A. Carson .... Utica, N. Y. 

Rev. John Burr Carruthers . . South Deerfield 

George W. Carter Arlington, N. J. 

Richard C. Carvel . ... Chicago, 111. 

J. Preston Carver, M.D. . Simsbm-v, Conn. 

Miss Mary T. Casey .... Springfield 

Karl E. Casey Springfield 

Miss Ella G. Cashuff .... Westfield 

Mrs. Peter K. Cashuff . Westfield 

Miss Grace Caswell .... Keene, N. H. 

Mr. and Mrs. George B. Caswell Boston 

James W. Cavanaugh .... Chicopee Falls 

Herbert H. Chabot .... Worcester 

Miss Jennie Chabot .... Worcester 

Roy Chambers Westfield 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



455 



Cl 



A R K 



Mr. and Mrs. George R. Chamber- 
lain 

LiLLi.\N (i. Chandler . . . , 

Arthur H. Chaimn 

Mr. and Mrs. A. (1. Chapman . 

Emil Charlanu 

Mrs. Emilie G. Chase . . . . 
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Chase . 

Fred W. Cheever 

Sylvia Le Chestnut . . . . 
Henshaw B. Chilson . . . . 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Cissel . 

I'raxcts Clapp 

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Claflin. 

Thomas J. Clair 

Mr. and Mrs. George P. Clark 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Clark 

Mrs. Sidney L. Clark 

Miss Susan Tyler Clark 

Miss Alice Clark 

Edward Clark 

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. 

Charles Hopkins Clark 

Mrs. Clifford Enoch Clark 

Edward J. Clark 

Mr. and Mrs. Ezra E. Clark 

EsTus G. Clark and family 

Howard W. Cl.vrk 

Mr. and Mrs. Lyman N. Clark 

Mrs. Robert L. Clark . 

Master Robert Clark 

Wells C. Clark .... 

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clark . 

Inez E. Clark .... 

Col. Isaac Edwards Clarke 

James A. Clarke 

Miss Louise Watson Clarke 

William E. Clavez . 

Mrs. T. S. Cleaveland . 

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cluny . 

William B. Co burn 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick I. Coddi 

Lillian Pansy Codding 

Edward W. Cole 

Leicester Collins 

John J. Collins . 



ING 



New H.'u'cn, Conn. 

Woodstock, Mass. 

Holyoke 

S])ringticl(l 

Montreal 

North Uxbridj^^e 

Hoh'oke 

Worcester 

Mexico 

New York 

Kenil worth, D. C. 

South Deerfield 

Springfield 

Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 

Windsor Locks, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Washington, D. C. 

Washington, I). C. 

Lowell 

Hartford, Conn. 

Milford, Conn. 

Westfield 

S])ringtield 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Westfield 

Central Falls, R. I. 

Central Falls, R. I. 

Westfield 

Springfield 

New Haven, Conn. 

Washington, D. C. 

vSpringfield 

New York 

Hartford, Conn. 

Sjjringfield 

Dorchester 

East Hartford, Conn. 

Conway 

Conway 

Worcester 

New York 

Springfield 



456 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Mrs. Fred G. Colton 

Robert N. Cone 

John M. Connery 

Joseph F. Connelly 

Fred W. Connolly . 

Charles H. Connor 

Mrs. Ellen C. Converse 

Frederick William Converse 

Joseph Coogan 

Clarence V. Cook 

Edward A. Cook 

Lucien a. Cook . 

Orrin F. Cooley 

Catherine M. Coolidge 

Mrs. Fred Coolidge 

Laura J. Coolidge . 

Joseph F. Coombs 

James Cooney 

Lucien V. Copeland 

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis T. Covell 

Mrs. George Coward .... 

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cox 

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cregan 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H.Crittenden 

Benjamin B. Crocker 

James J. Crowley 

John Sayer Crowley 

Neil Crowley 

Edward C. Crosby . 

William Bernard Cullen 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Curtis 

Miss Mary L Dale . 

Edwin A. Davis .... 

Mrs. Elvira E. Davis 

Mrs. Mattie J. Davis 

Theodore R. Davis 

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis . 

Hiram Day 

Mrs. William P. Derby 
Winfred p. Derby . 
Misses Margaret and Helen 

Dewey 

Miss Minnie A. Dewey 
Perley Hyde Dexter . 
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Delaney 
Ira Dimock 



New York 

New Haven, Conn. 

Bristol, R. L 

Springfield 

Dorchester 

Schenectady, N. Y. 

Randolph 

Springfield 

Waterburv, Conn. 

Athol 

Barre 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Hudson 

Gardner 

Hudson 

Hartford, Conn. 

Wallingford, Conn. 

Providence, R. L 

Shelburne Falls 

Shelburne Falls 

Somerville 

West Brookfield 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Little Falls, N. Y. 

Herford, Northamptonshire, 

New York [England 

Brattleboro, Vt. 

Lonsdale, R. 1. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Springfield 

Atlanta, Ga. 

West Chesterfield, N. H. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Springfield 

West Springfield 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 
Pittsfield 
Springfield 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Hartford, Conn. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



457 



Mrs. a. E. Dix . . 
Dr. Charles Ditson 
Mrs. Mercy E. Doane 
John J. Donelan 
James J. Donnovan 
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Donovan- 
John DOOLEY 
Thomas M. Dorsey . 
Mrs. Harriet Parsons Doubleday 
Edward C. Douglas 
Fred W. Downer 
Michael J. Downey 
Mrs. Louisa Drake 
James G. Driscoll . 
Mr. and Mrs. Luther A. Drury 
Frederick Drury 
Ellen H. Duggan 
Mary E. Duggan 
James Dumphey . 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Duncan 
John Dundon 
William Duperrault 
George A. Eastwood 
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Eddy 
Mrs. Zachary Eddy 
Henry C. Edgerton 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Edson 
Oliver Edwards 
Miss Annie L. Edwards 
Charles S. Edwards 
WiLBERT H. Edwards 
Mrs. Lucy M. Elliot 
Levi Henry Elwell 
Edward N. Emerson 
Dorothy Evans . 
Mrs. L Mortimer Everest . 
Francis O. Everett 
Mrs. Clifford Emmons Fales 
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Faxon 
Fred M. Feiker . 
Mrs. S. Y. Fenno 
William S. Fernald 
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hayward Ferry 
Robert W. Field 
Ruth A. Field 
Mrs. John Wesley Finch 



Hinsdale, N. H. 

Millers Falls 

Athol 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Lowell 

New York 

Waterbury, Conn. 

Rutherford, N. J. 

Springfield 

Syracuse, N. Y. 

Springfield 

Chicopee Falls 

Whitinsville 

Newburyport 

Rutland 

Hartford, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Unionville, Conn. 

Indian (Jrchard 

Hartford, Conn. 

Westfield 

Boston 

West Newton 

Clifton Springs, N. Y. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

U. S. N. 

Scarborough-on-Hudson, 

Springfieki [N. Y 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Amherst 

New York 

Pittsburg, Pa. 

Albany, N. Y. 

Sherborn 

Athol 

Stoughton 

Worcester 

Boston 

Revere 

Boston 

Springfield 

vSpringfield 

North Brookfield 



458 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



John J. Finn 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Fisher 

Miss Lena Fitzgerald . 

Catherine D. Flannagan 

Glover Fletcher 

Mrs. Matthew Flood 

Catherine A. Foley 

Hannah Foley 

John B. Foley 

Benjamin D. Foot 

Mary A. Foot 

Mrs. Frank M. Foote . 

Arthur Fortier 

Edward V. Foster . 

Horatio A. Foster . 

Nathan Foster, 3d . 

Clovis N. B. Fournier 

Mrs. Benjamin R. Frankli 

Mrs. Peter Franzen 

Mrs. Robert A. Fraser 

Mrs. Eliza Strong Freed 

Harry Freeman 

Mr. and Mrs. James M. French 

Mr. and Mrs. G. L. R. French 

Miss Bella P. Fried 

Philo F. Fuller 

Charles N. Gabb. 

Edward J. Gallivan 

William A. Gamwell 

John J. Gardner 

Harold F. Garrettson 

Margaret Garvey 

Mrs. Herbert L. Gates 

Frank L. Gaunt 

Louis J. Gauthier . 

William F. Gawllagher 

Miss Ivy A. Gearhart 

Emil Gerhard 

Harold and Leslie Gibbs 

Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Giffor 

Mrs. Jane L. Gilbert 

Mrs. S. V. Gilbert . 

Miss Rose Gilfillan 

Andrew M. Gillespie 

Dr. Harry Gilman . 

Mrs. Joseph H. Gilpin 



. South Manchester, N. H. 

. Cabery, 111. 

. Sherburne, N. Y. 

. Hartford, Conn. 

. Brookfield 

. vSpringfield 

. New Haven, Conn. 

. New Haven, Conn. 

. New Haven, Conn. 

. Schenectadv, N. Y. 

. Pittsfield 

. Chester Center 

. St. Louis, Mo. 

. New York 

. Philadelphia, Pa. 

. Springfield 

. Turners Falls 

. Springfield 

. S])ringfield 

. Springfield 

. Westfield 

. Cleveland, Ohio 

. Boston 

. Springfield 

. Hartford, Conn. 

. Chester, Vt. 

. Collinsville, Conn. 

. Soinerville 

. Providence, R. I. 

. Milford 

. Springfield 

. New York 

. Orange 

. Springfield 

. S|)ringficld 

. St. Louis, Mo. 

. Van Wert, Ohio 

. Niagara Falls, N. Y. 

. North Blandford 

. Brookline, Vt. 

. Providence, R. I. 

. North Brookfield 

. New York 

. Utica, N. Y. 

. Boston 

. Ballston Spa, N. Y. 



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459 



John T.. (iloster 

Charles Glo\'kr 

Julius B. Goddard 

Miss M. G. Godfrey 

Dr. Thomas F. Godfrey 

Mrs. C. C. Golaxd 

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. CrOLBY 

Andrew S. (ioodell 

Benjamin U. Gough . 

Charles P. Grant 

Miss Flora Grant . 

Albert Graves . 

Bertha M. Graves . 

Charlotte E. Graves 

Leonard M. Graves 

Mrs. John Graves 

Clara Annie Green 

George Greene . 

Levi A. Greene . 

Miss Annie Greenleaf 

Thomas Montgomery Gregory 

Mr. and Mrs. William Grennon 

James D. Griffin 

Patrick J. Griffin . 

Patrick J. Griffin . 

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Grisbach 

Harry L. Griswold 

Mrs. Annie K. Gruendler 

Mrs. George E. Gluld 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Ha 

Josephine M. Hackett 

Miss Marie J. Hackett 

Miss Margaret Haddow 

Mrs. William J. Hall . 

Dr. Gordon Hall 

Mr. and Mrs. Rev. George A. Hall 

Bessie H. Hall . 

Frederick H. Hall . 

Mrs. Helen M. Hall 

James E. Hall 

Joseph H. Hall . 

Mrs. Mary Derby Hall 

Miss Minnie E. Hall 

Mrs. M. L. Hall . . 

Raymond L Hall 

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hall 



Watcrbury, N. Y. 

Sprinsr field 

Boston 

Nevada City, Nev. 

Springfield 

Richmond, Va. 

Newark, N. J. 

Orange 

Thringstone, Leicester, 

Boston [I^>nglan( 

Boston 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Syracuse, N. Y. 

Providence, R. L 

Springfield, Vt. 

Washington, D. C. 

New York 

North Attleboro 

Gardner 

Borden town, N. J. 

Newark, N. J. 

Hartford, Conn. 

S])ringtield 

Valley Falls, R. L 

New Haven, Conn. 

Bradford, 111. 

Springfield 

Seranton, Pa. 

Newton 

Springfield 

SuftielcL Conn. 

North Adams 

Agawam 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Peabody 

Taunton 

Taunton 

Springfield 

Wallingford, Conn. 

Providence, R. L 

Springfield 

Wallingford, Conn. 

Springfield 

Wallingford, Conn. 

Wallingford, Conn. 



460 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



H. 



William S. Hamel . 

MAtiY Genevieve Hammond 

Charles W. Haney . 

Thomas Hannifin 

Leon M. Hannaford 

H. Alfred Hansen 

Miss Mary Harrigan 

Miss Grace Harris . 

Mrs. Helen C. Harris 

Herbert A. Harris . 

Charles H. Hart 

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hart 

Mrs. p. H. Hart . 

Mary L. Hartnett 

Ethel S. Harvey 

Harriet Ferry Strong 

Nettie F. Haskins . 

Edward N. Haskell 

Mrs. James Hatch 

Charles L. Hathaway 

William Bryan Haug 

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hawley 

Emma E. Hayden 

Erwin Hayden 

Joel Hayden, Jr. 

Thomas Hayes 

Miss Elizabeth Healy 

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heinritz . 

Miss Carlotta E. Hemenway . 

Mr. and Mrs. Loring S. Hemenway 

Ralph E. Henderson .... 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Hennessey 

John F. Hennessey .... 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry 

George Henry 

James Herbert, Jr. .... 

Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Herrick . 
Mrs. Georgie D. Hersey 
Mr. and Mrs. George Hibbard 
Leonard J. Hibbard .... 
Rev. Edward D. Hickey 
Arthur G. Hiersche .... 
Mrs. Annette J. Clapp Higgins . 

James H. Higgins 

Miss Mabel Higgins .... 
William S. Higgins, M.D. . 



Springfield 

Bedford, Ohio 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Lynn 

Newton 

Turners Falls 

Col rain 

Chicago, 111. 

Agawam 

Syracuse, N. Y. 

Springfield 

Newington Junction, Conn. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Springfield 

West Lonsdale, R. L 

Springfield 

Bethel, Vt. 

Orange 

New York 

Maiden 

Springfield 

Roxbury 

Boston 

Washington, D. C. 

Springfield 

Holyoke 

Edgewood, R. L 

Edgewood, R. L 

Worcester 

New Britain, Conn. 

Washington, D. C. 

Worcester 

Rochester, N. Y. 

Tampa, Fla. 

Brattleboro, Vt. 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Boston 

Springfield, Vt. 

Ludlow 

South Coventry, Conn. 

Springfield 

North Blandford 

South Coventrv, Conn. 



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461 



Miss Mary Jane Higgins . 
William Higgins . . . . 
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hill . 
Mrs. Frederick J. Hillman 
William J. Hillman 
Albert Wallace Hills 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hines 
Henry L. Hines . . . . 
Herbert W. Hirst . 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B 



Fall River 
Fall River 
Athol 
S])ringfiel(l 
Holyoke 
Lorain, Ohio 
Springfield 
S])ringficld 
. New Bedford 
Hitchcock 

Springfield 

New Haven, Conn. 

Lynn 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Westfield 

Geneva, N. Y. 



Irving B. Hitchcock 

Mrs. Annie W. Hobb 

Clement H. Hodge . 

Thomas A. Holland 

Mrs. William R. Holliday 

Stephen W. Hopkins 

Mrs. W. S. B. Hopkins and daughter 

Worcester 

William M. Hopler 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hosley 

Mr. and. Mrs. J. H. Houston 

H. Wolcott Howard 

Mary J. Howard 

Archibald M. Howe 

Miss Elvira T. Howes 

Mrs. Ella Biddle Hoyt 

Howard H. Hoyt 

John Hudson 

Frank R. Huebler . 

Mr. and Mrs. George Huey 

Mrs. Ellen Tappan Hulett 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N. Hull 

Albert S. Hulse 

Frank E. Hunt . 



Miss Nellie Hurley 
Avon J. Huxley 
Frank E. Huxley 
Joseph R. Huxley 
Lewis S. Ingraham 
George C. Ives . 
Thomas E. Jaques 



Springfield 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Springfield 

Cambridge 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Holyoke 

Hartford, Conn. 

Everett 

Newburgh, N. Y. 

Greenfield 

Providence, R. I. 

Springfield 

Schenectady, N. Y 

New York 

Boston 

New York 

Springfield 

Mt. Carmel, Conn. 

New Bedford 



Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtis James New York 
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Jewett . Salem 
Sarah Hart Phelps Jewett . . Springfield 
Paul H. S. Johnson .... Naugatuck, Conn. 



462 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Keeler 



K 



MB 



ALL 



Mrs. R. a. Johnstone 

Paul W. Jones 

Miss S. M. E. Jones 

John T. Joyce 

Francis N. Judge 

Miss Agnes Judson . 

Mr. and Mrs. George W 

Mrs. J. J. Kallaugher 

Daniel F. Kane . 

John Kane 

Mrs. a. Karlman 

Miss Mary W. Karlman 

Everett Keach . 

Moses Breck Kelton 

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Kenna 



John P. Kennedy 

John Kiernan 

Mr. and Mrs. E. Nelson 

James D. Kimball 

Mrs. Anna L. King . 

Charles A. King 

Florence M. King . 

Miss G. JoseTphine King 

Mrs. J. F. King . . . 

Edward A. Kingsley 

Frances K. Kingsley . 

Helen C. Kingsley . 

John C. Kingsley 

Albert C. Kinney 

Austin P. Kirkham 

Fred Kirsch and family 

Florence Kneeland 

Clara L. Knight 

Miss Grace L. Knowles 

Henry Kron 

Charles D. Kunze 

Mr. and Mrs. Warren O. Kyle 

Mrs. W. B. Labatt . 

Arthur E. Labigne . 

Grace Anderson Labounty 

William Lacey .... 

Mrs. Harriet Braman Lacore 

Edward Landers ... 

Mrs. Lena M. Landry . 

George M. Landry . 



. Springfield 

. Thringstone, Leicester, 

. Beverly [Englam 

. Springfield 

Worcester 
. Bridgeport, Conn. 
. Cheshire, Conn. 
. Kingston, Ont. 
, Montpeher, Vt. 

Springfield 
, Terryville, Conn. 

Terryville, Conn. 

Texas 

Waltham 

RD 

Meriden, Conn. 

Troy, N. Y. 

New Britain, Conn. 

Brooklinc 

West Burke, Vt. 

Beverly 

Beverly 

Hinsdale, N. H. 

Agawam 

New York 

Boston 

Springfield 

New York 

Springfield 

Milford 

New Haven, Conn. 

New York 

Springfield 

West Springfield 

Springfield 

Shelbtirne Falls 

Paterson, N. J. 

Newtonville 

Galveston, Tex. 

New York 

Orange 

Hartford, Conn. 

Springfield 

Keene, N. H. 

Springfield 

Springfield 



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463 




URNEA 



IS 



OT 



Ernest Lapointe 
Mrs. Eugenie Lavicnk 
James J. La\vi.i-r 
Waetkr it. Lawi.er . 
Eva 1^ Lawrence 
Mr. and Mrs. James M. 
Helen W. Lea 
James A. Leach . 
Mrs. Gyrene Lewis Le 
James Lee 

Mrs. Judson L. Lee . 
William H. Lee 
Mrs. John Leggett 
John F. Lennon 
Miss Seraphine E. Leto 
Miss Anna M. Lewis 

Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Lew 

Nelle Lewis 

Miss Lily May Lightfo 

Mattie Little 

Mrs. Harriette Dwight Longley 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Loomis 

James Lee Loomis 

Miss Mary Lyman 

Benjamin Smith Lyman 

QuARTUS A. Lyman . 

William Lester Lyman 

James H. Lyons, Jr. 

John J. Lyons 

Louise Macomber 

James R. Mackenzie 

John L. Madden 

Stephen K. Madden 

Mrs. Florence G. Madden 

Mrs. J. W. Madison 

John Magee, Jr. 

Alphonse Major 

William B. Maloy 
Judson Marble . 
William D. Marcy 
Mrs. Charles S. Marsh 
Mrs. Francis W. Marsh 
Harold C. Marsh 
Frank R. Marshall 
Mrs. Lucy Martin . 
Nelson Martin . 



Worcester 

North Brooklicld 

Winstc(L Conn. 

Hyde Park 

Hartford, Conn. 

Springfield 

State Line, Mass. 

Windsor Locks, Conn 

Springfield 

Colorado Springs, Col 

West field 

Lowell 

Rutland, Vt. 

Boston 

Springfield 

Springfield 

North Adams 

Wallingford, Conn. 

(Ishkosh, Kans. 

Attica, Ind. 

Belchertown 

Granby, Conn. 

Hartford, Conn. 
, Brookline 
. Philadelphia 

New Haven, Conn. 
. Syracuse, N. Y. 
. Si:)ringfield 
. New York 
. Boston 
. Newark, N. j. 
. Brooklvn, N. Y. 
. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
. Peterboro, N. H. 

Port Jefferson, L. L 
. Meriden, Conn. 
. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
. Springfield 
. Orange 
. Hartford, Conn. 
. Springfield 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
New Milford, Conn. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
. England 

Ansonia, Conn. 



464 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Martin 
Cotton Mather, Jr. 
Horace E. Mather . 
Charles E. W. Matthews 
Emilia Mauzano 



Robert A. Mayham 

Howard E. McAllaster 

Daniel T. McCarthy 

James A. McCarthy 

Mrs. a. S. McClean 

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McConville 

Katherine H. McDonnell 

Joseph McGowan 

Agnes I. McGrath 

Edward S. McGrath 

Robert McKeown 

Arthur McKay . 

Misses Mary and Annette McL 

John J. McLaughlin 

Mary McLaughlin . 

Harry McLeod . 

Norman McLeod 

Robert McLeod 

Helen McMahon 

Mrs. p. C. McMahon 

Mary McMahon . 

Miss Nemia Meacham 

Arthur K. Merrill . 

Helen C. Merrill 

Henry A. Merrill . 

Carlton R. Merry . 

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Merry 

Mrs. Emma F. Merwin . 

Miss Anna B. Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. Chandler E. 

Mrs. Edwin Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Miller 

Mrs. Emma H. Miller . 

Dr. Eli P. Miller . . 

Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Miller 

John E. Miller . 

Laura Miller 

Matthew Cliffe Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan F. M 

Mary W. Milliken . 



ANE 



Miller 



Glens Falls, N. Y. 
Concord 
Hartford, Conn. 
Danielson, Conn. 
Merida, Yucatan, 

Mexican Republic 
Trenton, N. J. 
Winnetka, 111. 
Winnipeg, Man. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Springfield 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
Holvoke 
Westfield 

East Chatham, N. Y. 
Denver, Col. 
Portland, Ore. 
Norwich University 
Boston 
Turners Falls 
Millers Falls 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
Washington, D. C. 
North Adams 
North Adams 
North Adams 
Dalton 

Haverhill, N. H. 
Haverhill, N. H. 
Haverhill, N. H. 
Springfield 
Springfield 
Clinton, Conn. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Springfield 
Avon, Conn. 
Scottsville, N. Y. 
New York 
Bloomfield, Conn. 
Oxford, N. Y. 
Scottsville, N. Y. 
New York 
Bloomfield, Conn. 
Bar Mills, Me. 



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465 



Edwin V. Mitchell .... 

Florence A. and Edith L. Moody 

Charles E. Moore 

Chester S. Moore 

Mrs. Gertrude L. Moore . 
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore 

Mrs. F. a. Moran 

David A. Moran 

Mrs. M. L. Morgan 

Mr. and Mrs. T. A. M orris srv 
Miss Julia Movnihan . . . . 

Howard Mudie 

John J. Mulcahey 

Mrs. H. B. Murlless . . . . 

Frank E. Murphy 

Mrs. George Nash and Miss Mar- 
guerite Nash 

Robert C. Needham 

Mrs. D. E. Newell 

William Newman 

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Newton 

Mrs. E. S. Niles 

Edith Nims 

Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nims 

Ella M. Noble 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Noiseux 

Sylvanus Nourse 

Charles Herbert Nutting 

Mr. and Mrs. Elijah G. Nutting . 

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Nutting 

Hannah O'Brien 

Jeremiah F. O'Connor 

Edward Offinger 

Julia O'Laughlin 

Daniel O'Neil 

Mrs. Clara I. Olney 

Mrs. Otto Olsen 

William Owens . 

Mrs*. Juliette C. Page . 

Mrs. Benjamin O. Paine 

Dr. L. a. Paquin 

Mrs. Alma Livermore Parent 

Frank S. Parsons, M.D. . . 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Parsons 

Col. Joseph B. Parsons 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parsons 



Hartford, Conn. 

Springfield 

Somerville 

Brockton 

Springfield 

Springfield 

West Winstcd, Conn. 

vSpringHeld 

Ridgefield Park, N. J. 

Montreal 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Rockville, Conn. 

Burlington, Vt. 

New York 

Boulder, Col. 

Attleboro 

Galveston, Tex. 

Athol 

Boston 

Springfield 

Athol 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

Thompsonville, Conn. 

Williamsville 

Sharon 

Faribault, Minn. 

Warehouse Point, C )nn. 

Holyoke 

Hartford, Conn. 

Johnstown, N. Y. 

Minneapolis, Minn 

Iveene, N. H. 

Chelsea 

Rutland, Vt. 

Shreveijort, L;;. 

Meriden, Conn. 

Millbviry 

Worcester 

Spokane, AVash. 

Dorchester 

Roxbuiy 

Boston 

WestfieM 



466 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Henry Parsons 

Dr. and Mrs. Payn B. Parsons 
Phineas F. Parsons . . . . 

Isaac S. Parsons 

Miss Ellen Parsons . . . . 
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Parsons 

Henry S. Parsons 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parsons 
Mrs. William H. Parsons . 
Mrs. F. F. Partridge . . . . 
Miss Alice J. Pasco . . . . 

Asa K. Patten, Jr 

Mrs. William Patten . . . . 

T. A. Patteson, Jr 

William H. Patterson 

Edward F. Payette . . . . 

Herman H. Payne 

Prof. Benjamin Mills Peirce 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Peix, Jr. 

Alice M. Pelissier . 

William J. Pelissier 

George W. Penfield 

Mrs. F. F. Percival. 

Arthur L. Perreault . 

Mrs. Amy S. C. Perry . 

Edward Clark Perry 

Fred J. Perry 

Mrs. Helen Clapp Perry 

Mrs. Henrietta Perry 

Mrs. H. a. Perry 

Frank W. Phelps 

Harold D. Phelps 

Mrs. Helen E. Phelps . 

Miss Helen L. Phelps . 

Samuel A. Phelps 

Helen Crosby Pierce 

Miss Nellie O. Pierce . 

Henry G. Piquette . 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Pomeroy 

George Eltweed Pomeroy 

Dr. G. E. Pomeroy 

Mrs. H. B. Pomeroy 

Dr. W. H. Pomeroy 

Mrs. Nellie Cook Porter 

Rena Porter . 

Mrs. W^\rren M. Portek 



Washington, D. C. 
New York 
Providence, R. I. 
Newtonville 
New York 
Newfane, Vt. 
Seyniour, Conn. 
Lakeville, Conn. 
Springfield 
Holyoke 
Springfield 
S])ringfield 
Nashua, N. H. 
New York 
Salem 
Springfield 
Springfield 
Cambridge 
Danbury, Conn. 
Maiden 
Maiden 

New Britain, Conn. 
Santa Clara, Cal. 
Montreal, Canada 
Springfield 
Springfield 
Bellows Fahs, Vt. 
Bridgewater 
Peterboro, N. H. 
Walpole, N. H. 
Wallingford, Conn. 
West Springfield 
Somerville, N. J, 
West Springfield 
Prince Bay, N. Y. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Rutland 
New Bedford 
Springfi.eld 
Toledo, Ohio 
Hartford, Conn. 
Cortland, N. Y. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Melrose 

Walpole, N. H. 
Walpole, N. H. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 467 


Ida H. Powers .... 


. Salem 


Mary H. Power 


. Springfield 


Mr. and Mrs. Henry (\ Prent 


iss Roxbury 


Mr. and Mrs. William A. 1'rin 


OLE Hoh'oke 


Mrs. E. K. Prior 


. Pitts field 


Isabella J. Proctor 


. Valencia, wSpain 


Frank L. Pulaski 


. Detroit, Mich. 


Bert F. Putnam 


. Athol 


Mrs. Nellie Estelle Ouimby 


. AtlK)l 


Frank E. Quinlan .... 


. Westfield 


John I. Raffertv 


. Marlboro 


Fred E. Raleigh 


. Springfield 


GREN^■ILLE E. Read 


. Providence, R. I. 


William W. Read 


. Greenwich, Conn. 


Robert R. Regan 


. vSpringfield 


William Reilly 


. Warsaw, N. A\ 


Beatrice W. Rice 


. North Adams 


Jane L. Rice .... 


. North Adams 


Mrs. Miriam C. Richards . 


. Marlboro 


Mrs. Walter D. Richardson 


. Somerville, N. J. 


Mrs. W'illiam C. Richardson 


. Newtonvillc 


Daniel F. Rieger 


. Lenox 


George B. Riley 


. Springfield 


Mr. and Mrs. John E. Riley 


. S])ringfield 


Miss Helen Clark Riley . 


. Springfield 


Horace A. Ring 


. . W^alpole, N. H. 


Mrs. Eliza D. Ripley 


. Springfield 


Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop A. Risk . Providence 


Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Rocheleau Worcester 


Arthur E. Rock .... 


. vS]:)ringfield 


Sherman Van Ness Rockefeli 


.Ell Hudson, N. A^. 


George H. Rockwell . 


. Springfield 


Charles E. Rogers 


. . Ashuelot, N. H. 


Miss Dorothy Rogers . 


. vScarborough-on-Huds()ii, 




N. V. 


Miss Fannie E. Rogers 


. Scarborough -on-Hud son, 

N. A'. 


Mrs. J. Warren Rogers 


. Scarl)orough-on-Hudson. 

N. Y. 


Walter Clifford Ross 


. Springfield 


Arthur Rowan .... 


. . Wakefield 


Frank Rowley .... 


. Fitchburg 


Mrs. Robert Ruddy 


. Worcester 


Louis F. Ruder .... 


. Boston 


Alma G. Russell 


. Oakham 


Mrs. E. E. Russell . 


. S])ringfield 



468 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



George A. Russell 

Herbert A. Russell 

Mrs. Ida E. Russell 

Mrs. L. M. Russell 

Schuyler H. Rust . 

Miss Anna Ryan 

Mrs. E. M. Ryan. 

Mrs. p. L. D. Ryder 

Mrs. Emma J. Sackett 

Mrs. Clara Sawyer 

George W. Sawyer 

Minnie J. Say 

Daniel Scannell 

Michael Scannell 

Mrs. Henry Schafmeister 

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Schmidt 

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Schneid 

Samuel Spencer Scott 

James M. Searl 

Mary B. Searl 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Searle 

Theodore R. Sehl 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Sergeant 
Miss Caroline B. Sergeant 
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaw 

Harrison S. Shaw 

Anna J. Shea . ... 

Charles Shepherd . 

William A. Sikes 

Miss Louise M. Sims .... 

Cedric p. Sinley 

Mrs. George P. Sisson .... 

Mrs. F. W. J. Sizer 

Mrs. Walter A. Skinner . 
Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Smith 
Mr. and Mrs. Arnet C. Smith . 
Miss Bessie L. Smith .... 
Carrie Lathrop Smith .... 

Charles Smith 

Mrs. Charles P. Smith .... 
Dr. Charles E. Smith .... 
Misses Alice and Florence wSmith 

Mrs. Ford Smith 

Mrs. Charles F. Smith .... 
Charles P. Smith . . . . 



Worcester 

Springfield 

Wallingford, Conn. 

Worcester 

New Brunswick, N. J. 

Brooklyn 

Boston 

Hartford, Conn. 

Springfield 

Whitinghain, Vt. 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Lynn 

Windsor Locks, Conn. 

Ossining, N. Y. 

Athol 

ER 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Cranford, N. J. 

West New Brighton, N. Y 

West New Brighton, N. Y 

Westfield 

Meriden, Conn. 

Boston 

Brookline 

Somers, Conn. 

Meriden, Conn. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Nashua, N. H. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Bennington, Vt. 

Turnerville, Conn. 

New Haven, Conn. 

Lynn 

Springfield 

Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Fort Wayne, Ind. 

St. Louis, Mo. 

New York 

Concord, N. H. 

Athol 

Springfield 

St. Louis, Mo. 

Athol 

Springfield 



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469 



AMILY 



Clarence \V. Smith 
Frank H. Smith . 
Miss Hattie M. Smith 
John Smith 
John Smith 
Maurice H. Smith 
Olive C. Smith 
Sarah P. Smith 
William H. Smith ax- 
Mr. and Mrs. Alden (i. Sxeli. 
Mrs. George H. Snow . 

John Soule 

Edward Southwick . 

Miss Marion L. Sparks . 

Mrs. Sarah Braman Spencer 

Mrs. W. a. Sprague 

Mrs. a. E. Spurr 

Mrs. R. N. Staab . . . 

Miss Sarah E. Stallwood . 

Mrs. Florence A. T. Stanard 

Will C. Stanleigh . 

Charles M. Starkweather 

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Stee 

Rev. Charles Augustus Stodd 

Mrs. Thirza M. Colton Stone 

George H. Strickland . 

Mr. and Mrs. Asa L. Strong 

Ernest E. Strong 

Mrs. Fannie Strong 

Henry S. Strong. 

Joseph L. Strong 

Robert Strong . 

Wilson B. Strong 

Mrs. Alice J. Strout 

Frederic W. Sullivan 

Michael Sullivan 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. 

Owen Sullivan . 

Edward H. Swift 

Robert B. Talbot, M.D 

George W. Tapley . 

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Tapley 

Jessie F. Tapley 

Miss Elizabeth S. Tappan 

Miss Elizabeth W. Tappan 

JosiAH S. Tappan 



Sl 



le 

.V R D 



Orange, Conn. 

Orange, Conn. 

New Haven, Conn. 

New York 

Oakland, Cal. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Orange, Conn. 

Melrose Highlands 

Buffalo, N.' Y. 

Springfield 

Laconia, N. H. 

Little Shasta, Cal. 

Salem 

New Haven, Conn. 

Meriden, Conn. 

Somerville 

Mt. Washington 

Worcester 

Hagersville, Ont. 

Le Roy, N. Y. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Hartford, Conn. 

Wethersfield, Conn. 

New York 

Cham] (lain, N. Y. 

Bridgeport, Conn. 

Suftield, Conn. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Hartford, Conn. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Georgetown, D. C. 

Dorchester 

Winchendon 

Nashua, N. H. 

Boston 

Springfield 

Manchester, Xt. 

New York 

Springfield 

New York 

New York 

New York 

Brookline 

Roxl)urv 



470 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Miss Mary S. Tappan. . 

Irving Clarence Teahan 

Edwin A. Taylor 

Mr. and Mrs. Hiland H. Thay 

L. Stanley Thayer , 

Mrs. Christine Thayer 

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thomas 

Miss Robina L. Thomson 

Edward Sweetser Tillotson 

Le Roy E. Tillson 

Mrs. M. B. Torrey 

Alice I. Towne . 

Frank L. Towne 

Edward Townsend 

Frank A. Tracy . 

Donald Oilman Trow 

William Clark Trow 

Mrs. W. a. Trow 

Mrs. William A. Trow, and two 

children 
Mr. and Mrs. Willard E. Tufts 
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tunnicliffe 
Miss S. A. Turner . . 
Charles P. Tuthill . 
Mrs. Charles H. Tuttle 
Miss Mary Twohey . 
Misses Mary and Frances 
Mrs. Catherine E. Tyler 
Miss Fannie M. Tyler . 
Miss Julia Tyler 
Miss Mary E. Tyler. . 
Mrs. E. S. D. Vallentine 
Anita Vanasse 
Miss Edna M. Vanasse . 
Ernest Vanasse . 
Miss Georgie Vanderpool 
Miss Marvin Vanderpool 
Sylvia E. Van Etten 
Maxine L. Van Etten . 
Miss Elsie Wade 
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Waki 
George W. Walker 
Mrs. J. E. Ware 
James E. Warfield 
Charles A. Warner 
Joseph Warner . 



Tyler 



efield 



Brookline 

New York 

Nottinghain, England 

Springfield 

Cambridge 

Manchester, N. H. 

Maiden 

Manchester, N. H. 

Wethersfield, Conn. 

Springfield 

Boston 

Springfield 

Windsor Locks, Conn. 

Providence, R. I. 

New York 

Sherburne, N. Y. 

Sherburne, N. Y. 

Sherburne, N. Y. 

Sherburne, N. Y. 

Springfield 

Athol 

Brattleboro, Vt. 

Schenectady, N. Y. 

Paterson, N. J. 

Worcester 

New York 

New York 

New York 

New York 

New York 

Danbury, Conn. 

Waterbury, Conn. 

Norwich, Conn. 

Waterburv, Conn. 

Springfield 

Springfield 

Milwaukee, Wis. 

Milwaukee, Wis. 

Holyoke 

Newtonville 

Brattleboro, Vt. 

New York 

Chicago, 111. 

Springfield 

New York 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



471 



William Warner Athol 

Mr. and Mrs. rinoRciH L. Warrinkr Spnnglicld 

Mrs. Henry Todd Washburn . . Dorchester 

Carl Tracy Washburn . . . Dorchester 

Mrs. Claude E. Watkins . . New York 

WiLLiAM H. Webster .... Truxton, N. 

James H. Weeks Mattcawan, 



Y. 

N. Y 



Thompsonvillc, Conn. 

Englewoofi, N. ). 

Pittsfield 

East B(.'rlin, C<jnn. 

Boston 



Mr. and Mrs. Edward Welch 

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wells 

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wentwortii 

Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Westcott 

Mrs. King F. Weyant . 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Wheeler Springfield 

Marie O. Wheeler Pittsfield 

Elizabeth Judd Whipple . . . Portland, Me. 

Mary H. Whipple Springfield 

George W. B. Whitcomb . . Springfield 

Mrs. Hattie Sherman White . . Springfield 
Mrs. Laura Dufresne White . . S])ringfield 

Mrs. Orphia White Sjiringfield 

Stephen E. White Hartford, Conn. 

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whiteiiouse . Holvoke 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Whitehouse 

Springfield 
Miss Frances L. Whitney 
Henry M. Whitney . 
Milton B. Whitney . 
Roy Whitney 
William F. Whittlesey 
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse G 
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 



Wilcox 
f. Will 



Mrs. Thomas Willard . 

Mrs. Effie A. Willey . 

Arthur E. Williams 

Sidney S. Williams . 

James W. Wilson 

Leslie A. Wilson 

Dorothy Scott Winslow . 

Mrs. Fred L. Wood . 

Mrs. V. J. Wood .... 

William A. Wood 

Mrs. D. I. Woodbury 

Doris Woodbury. 

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Woodbury 

Marguerite L. Woodruff . 

Marcus M. Woods 



RD 



Athol 

Branford, Conn. 
Westfield, Mass. 
Springfield 
Hartford, Conn. 
Newark, N. J. 
New Haven, Conn. 
New York 
Winthrop 
Springfield 
Providence, R. I. 
Groton 

Meriden, Conn. 
Chicago, 111. 
Springfield 
Chester, Vt. 
Boston 

Winchester, N. H. 
Winchester, N. H. 
Salem. N. H. 
New Haven, Conn. 
Woodville 



472 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Charles K. Woodsum . 
Mrs. Abbie A. Wright . 
Miss Frances E. Wright 
Miss Jennie Wright 
Mrs. Lucius G. Wright 
Lewis H. Wright 
Frederick A. Yeatman 
Joseph Zarouski 



Springfield 

South Framingham 

South Framingham 

Feeding Hills 

Athol 

South Framingham 

Springfield 

New York 








Hfi late Judjjje Jose[)h Lyman, who read law in the office of 
Major Hawley, relates an incident which is characteristic of the 
man. It appears that Caleb Strong was Major Hawley's col- 
league from Northampton to the Provincial Congress, and on 
returning from the eastern part of the state, found his associate at home 
laboring under a great depression of mind, and expressing the appre- 
hension that if the cause of the patriots should fail he would be hung. 
Mr. Strong said in rcjily, "No, they will not probably hang more than 
forty men, and you and I shall escape." This roused Major Hawley, 
and he responded with all his old-time energy, "I would have you know, 
Sir, that I am one of the first three." And the next day he made a 
speech to the citizens of Northampton which contained suiiftcient treason 
to fully justify his assertion. 



What constitutes a state? 
Not high-raised battlement or labor Vl mound. 

Thick wall or moated gate ; 
Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown'd ; 

Not bays and broad-arm 'd ports. 
Where, laughing at the^storm, rich navies ride; 

Not starr'd and spangled courts, 
Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride. 

No! — Men, high-minded men. 
With powers as far above dull brutes endued. 

In forest, brake or den. 
As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; 

Men, who their duties know. 
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, 

Prevent the long-aim 'd blow, 
And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain — 

These constitute a state. 

Sir W^illiam Jonks 



A DISTINGUISHED NORTHAMPTON FAMILY 

josiAH D. Whitney and His Four Sons 




JosiAH I). Whitney, Jk., I.I,.1i. 
State Geologist of California, 
i860; Professor of Geology 
at Harvard College, 1865 




William Dun. hi Whiimiv 
Professor of Sanskrit Lan- 
guage and Literature at Yale 
College, 1854; also Professor 
of Comparative Philology 



JosiAH D. Whitney 
Many Years President Northampton Bank 




J AMI -^ I ,. W HI 1 NEY 

Bookseller and Publisher: later 
Assistant Librarian at Boston 
Public Library 



Henky M. Whitney 
Professor of Rhetoric and English 
Literature at Beloit College, Wis- 
consin. Now Librarian at 
Branford, Conn. 



474 



•Zbi'sr wax lionoiffi in tlu'ii tian and generation anCi lucic the old'.' t" tl'f'i' times. Oi.d Tkstamk.vt 




Benjamin Tappan 

and Mrs. 

Sarah Homes Tappan 



Judge Samuel Hensliaw 

and Mrs. 

Mavtlia Hunt Hensliaw 



Hon. Isaac C. Bates 

and Mrs. 

Martha Henshaw Bates 



47") 



■?[ titan bictf, but bis natitc remains 





,Sami:ei, L. Hiniki.ev 
Slieiiff of Hampshire Countj', 1844-5 



Major Josiah DwKin r 
Clerk of Hampshire Courts and State Treasurer 




Mks. Mary Woolsey Dwight 

Wife of Timothy Dwieht, President 

of Yale College 




Timothy D\vi<;ht 
First President of that name at Yale College 



«. 



/*;** *s» 




Capt. Sami'el Parsons 
Old Town Meeting Orator 




() L D C O U i; T - H ( ) U S E G R O U P — 1 8 4 6 



liKlit, fi'diit — Giles C. Kellogg, former Register of Deeds; Solomon STODDAnn, 
lurts; Dk. Daniel Stebbin.s, retiring County Treasurer; Samuel Wells, Clerk of 



From left to 
former Cleric of ( 
Courts. 

In rear — Major Harvey Kirkland, Register of Deeds; Samuel F. Lyman, liegister of Probate 
Jonathan Hunt Butler, County Treasurer. 

In exti'eme rear — i)ortrait of Judge Joskph Lyman, hanging on wall. 



Sbc Country parson 

AT church, with meek and unaffected grace, 
His looks adorned the venerable place; 
Truth, from his lips, prevail'd, with double sway, 
And fools, who carrie to scoff, remained to pray. 

E'en children followed, with endearing wile, 
And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile. 
Goldsmith's " Deserted Village 



The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheered ; 

Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. 

His preaching much, bvit more his practice wrought, 

( A living sermon of the truths he taught ) 

For this by rules severe his life was squared. 

That all might see the doctrine which they heard. 

Dryden's " Charaeter of a Good Parson 



478 



A G R O U P C) F () L I) P A S T O R S 



'l^ 




Uev. Gordon Hall, I). 1) 
Pastor Edwards Church 




Rev. Paysox VVilliston 
First Muiister of Easthamptoi 




IvlOV. Z.VrHAKY 1M)I)Y, I). 1). 

Pastor First Chtircli 




Rev. .Ioiin- Todh. H. D. 
Pa.stor Edwards Church 

?C man f)C XtaS to a» tiir COUlUVli "^aw. — Goldsmith 
17U 



\\\:\ . MiciLMn, I".. IVvHHV 
Pastor St. Mary's Church 



THE Country Doctor. — He combined his duties 
of doctor and apothecary. He pounded his own 
drugs, made his own tinctures, jirepared his 
own infusions, and put up his own prescriptions. 
When he rode out he knew the names and personal 
history of the occupants of every house he passed. 
Sunshine and rain, dayUght and darkness, were alike 
to him. With the exception of the minister and the 
judge, he was the most important personage in the 
town. — John B. McMaster 



But not unto me be the praise. O Doctor! O, 
my guide, philosopher and friend! — S;iuthey 



Thousands of journeys, niglit and day, 
Weary, I've wandered, on my way. 
To heal the sick, but now I'm gone — 
A journey never to return. 

Epitaph on tomb stone of Dr. Howland Dawes 
at Cummington, Mass. 



NORTHAMPTON DOCTORS OF THE PAST 



Figures deiKitc tinic of boKinniiiK pniclice licr 




Dk. Ebenezer Hunt — 17().S 




JP'V> 



Dii. (ii'sTAVu.s D. Pfck — 1.S4S 



Dk. David Hunt— 1794 





Dli. SyLVESTEK (-iHAH\M I<S2() 




Dr. Benjamin Barrett — 1823 



;Dr. Daniel Thompson — 1837 






Dr. James Dunlap — 184,S Dr. Edward E. Denniston— 1835 Dk. Chaklks L. Know lton— 1868 

4P, 000" {jrap hcab, uihicfi all men hncw ! — Tennyson 

4S1 



Lawyers^arc needful to keep us out of the law. 

Proverbs 



Law has her seat in the bosom of God 
is the harmony of the world. — -Anon 



her voice 



As to be perfectly just is an attribute in the Divine 
Nature, to be so to the utmost of our abilities is the 
glory of a man. Such an one, who has the public 
administration, acts like the representative of his 
Maker. — Addison 



There is perhaps no profession, after that of the 
sacred ministry, in which a higher-toned morality is 
more imperatively necessary than in that of the law. 
High moral principle is his only safe 
guide; the only torch to light his way amidst dark- 
ness and obstruction. It is like the spear of the 
guardians of Paradise — 

" No falsehood can endure 
Touch of celestial temper but returns 
Of force to its own likeness." 

Judge George Sharswood 



482 



SOME OF NORTHAMPTON'S NOTEWORTHY CONTRI BUI IONS 



To the Bar and Bend 












Judge Joseph I^vman 




JuiHiK Samukl Howe 




Judge Samuel T. Spaulding 





Judge William Allen 



Haynes H. Chilson 



OsMYN Bakek 



483 




Chakles Delano 



SOME OF THE RESPECTED OLDER MEN OF THE PAST 



Figures denote time of beginning service here 





JosiAH Parsons — 1828 




Capt. Jonathan Brewster — 1840 




Col.. '1 HUMAS POMEROY 1813 




Paul Strong — 1832 



l^EA. Elii'halet Williams — 1820 





Samuel W. Lee — 1827 



David B. Whitcomb — 1822 

(Cbc it?oarp i^caD is a «ffrou)n of ©lor?. — Siriptire 



484 



REPRESENIATIVE MEN OF THEIR TIME 




Henky ShkI'HERI 




William Clark 




Lewis J. Dudley 



^<*^. 




I I Ml 




Henry Bru: 




Ghn. Luke Lyman 




Oliver Warner 



«Ebc svtjcct remembrance of the uiBt 
§)f)alt flourish vuhen be sleeps in bust. 



485 



SOME REPRESENTATIVE NORTHAMPTON BUSINESS MEN 

Who baUc loincD tbc "'JBrcat .IBaioritia " 

Figures denote time of beginning service here 






Dea. Daniel Kingsley — 1830 



Webster Herrick — 1827 



Silas M. Smith— 1828 





Jonathan Hunt Butler — 1828 



Seth Hunt — 1835 






William F. Arnold — 1839 



Col. Justin Thayer — 1834 



Marvin M. French — 1835 



jaaught but the mcm'r? of tbc iu6t 
.§iinc(l8 svurrt and biossoms in tbc Dust." 

486 



MORE OF THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES 



FiKures (K'liiito I iino (if liCfrinninK service Imre 




Lafayette M altby — 1 S5S 





SiDXEY SriiON'C — 1,S3." 




Major Henry A. T.oxni^EY — 18G0 William M. Caylohi) — ISGO 




^T*^^ 



X 




Edward P. Copeland — 1S03 




WlN'THHOI' HiLI.Y'ER 1S42 




^f^^^W ^^ 



JM^W- 



Dr. Austin W. Thompson — 18.54 Theodore Rust— 1823 William F. Pratt- 1830 

3 am ratU-D avoan bp particular bu0inr6S, but 3 Icalu' nui fliarartcr bfliinb lur. Shkridan 

487 







Zbe iS>l& ^Familiar jFaccs 


I have 


had 


playmates, I have had companions, 


In my 


days 


of childhood, in my joyful school days; 


All, all 


are 


gone, the old familiar faces. 

Charles Lamb 



488 



/ 

MORE OF THE GREAT ARMY MILITANT AND TRIUMPHANT 

Figures denote time of l)e(;iiininK sei\ iee here 





m"^ 



V 



^^^uli^ 



Gen. Bknjamin E. Cook-1827 , Dka. Wu.i.iami il. Stoddard — 1,S22 Cai-t. Enos Parsons- 1835 









r 






Capt. Edwin C. Clark — 1847 



LuTHKR BODMAN lSr)4 



^S^ 



Dea. Addison J. Lincoln — 1856 







JosEPHUs Crafts — 1806 





David \V. Chafts — 1840 
489 



Col. George Siiepaud — 1818 



AND THESE WERE OF A GOOD SPIRIT 

Figures denote time of l)eginning service here 




Oliver War.neh, Jr. — 1839 




Charles Smith — 1828 





Charles B. Kingsley — 1849 




I!k\hv II. Hoxi.— 1S7() 




Ansel Wricht — 1823 




Henky Dikeman — 1845 




Henry Childs — 1833 Dr. Thomas W. Meekins— 1850 

?l man of unbrrstaiiDino is of an ri-rrdrnt spirit. — Scriptirk 



490 



MEN OF FORCE AND ORIGINALITY OF CHARACTER 



rigmes denote time of beginning service here 




W'u.l"! II. WHlTCOMB — 1S61 




Smith I'ahu — 18(12 




Phof. (iKORCE KiN(;.si>r:Y — 1830 




("apt. Mark H. SpAULniNc; — 1857 





Mich AKi, \Vii.i.i\ms — 182:1 




.losKi'ii Hkdkrt — 18815 



Joseph Warner — 1841 

ll?r voas not incrclp a chip of the old bloch, he uias the bloch itself. — Lord Pitt 

_1U I 



When I remember all 

The friends so linked together, 
I've seen around me fall, 

Like leaves in wintry weather, 
I feel like one who treads alone 

Some banquet hall deserted, 
Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, 

And all but he dejoarted. 

Moore 



492 



SOME OF THE FLORENCE V E T E R A N S 





^:J'-: 



ii' 







("HAIiLi:s ('. HlKLEIGH 





(iK.IKCK II. i;\v 




Horace K. Parsons 



Austin Ross 



John F. Warner 



jdtf^ -J*^ 


vX 




^x 


' Bl ^ 




^^ V 


> 




t 






^^ 


^ 




■ 





James D.Atkins (iEX. John L.Otis Stephen B. Fuller 

J^or tlif niriirn; of tlic lust iilirs in rVirrlasrinu fame. 
493 



i 



"Zbc Great /nbajoritg" 



Nothing now is left but a majestic memory. 

Longfellow 



To li\e in hearts we leave behind is not to die. 

Campbell 



Zbc Denerable Hiving 

Age sits with decent grace upon his \'isage. 
And worthily becomes his silver locks, 
Who wears the marks of many years well spent, 
Of \-irtvie, truth well tried, and wise experience. 

ROWE 



494 



OLDEST BUSINESS MEN IN NORTHAMPTON, NOW LIVING 



Figures denote wlu-ii they l)egan business here 




James H. ISearlk — 1840 




Henuv vs. Gehk — 184.' 



y^ ^R^. 



^^^^^ 




Oscar Edwards — 1853 




Lucn's DiMOfK — 1847 





.SiuM-.Y E. Bkiijgman — 1844 




ClIRISTOI'HEK ('l,\HKE 1847 



-^f^ 






Charles H. Dickinson — 1849 Isaac S. Parsons — 1850 Merritt Clark — 1848 

.§<rrsr tboii a man diliQcnt in bis business? HH shall stauD before feings. — Oin Testament 

495 



MORE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN WHO STILL LIVE 



Figures denote when they began service here 






A. J.YMAN WiLUISTON 1851 



Watson L. Smith — 1S56 Judge William P. Sthickland — 1S64 






Joseph Maush — 1856 



Dr. Thomas (iiLFiLL\N- — 1865 



l)n. William 1I..I<ixks — l.s57 






William H. Todd — 1848 Alexander McC'allum — 1866 John L. Draper — 1864 

i^fcart to concn\ir, the uiiDcrstanbing to bircct, or the baiib to rjrrcutc— Junius' Letters 

496 



AND STILL MORE WHOSE HAIRS ARE GRAY 



Kigures denote time of l>et;inninf; scrxico here 






William C. Pomeroy 1864 



Joseph C. Williams — ISTjO 



J. Howe Demond — 1872 






Dr. Osmore O. Roberts— 1853 



Benjamin E. Cook, Jr. — 1858 Dp. Joseph N. Davenport — j8()3 






Charles M. Kinney — 1845 



Matthew Grogan — 1855 

?C happp poiitb, anb their oit) age 
3s beautiful anCi free. 
497 



Charles S. Pratt — 1852 



SOME FLORENCE AND LEEDS MEN WHOSE YEARS OF 

SERVICE ARE MANY 






Henry B. Haven 



Nelson A. Davis 



Dk. John B. I^earned 





Judge Daniel W. Bond 



Samuel Porter 






Henry F. Cutler Lemuel B. Field Robert M. Branch 

?( UJisc man is strong; Pca, a man of hnottjledgc incrcascti) strcngtb — Scripture 




A GOOD NAME 



A Qood name is rather to be chosen than j^rcat riches. — Bible 



Everybody Hkes and respects self-made men. It is a o;rcat deal 
better to be made in that way than not to be made at all. — Holmes 



In the wreck of noble lives 
Somethini.^ immortal still survives. 

Lo.XGFELLOW 



Good men must die, but Death cannot kill their names. — Metillus 



Better than fame is still the wish for fame, 
The glorious training for a glorious strife. 

Lytton 



Good name, in man or woman, 

Is the immediate jewel of their souls. 

Shakespeare 



Lives of great men all remind us, 
We can make our lives sublime. 

And, departing, leave behind us. 
Footprints on the sands of time. 

Longfellow 



To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful than to 
be forty years old". — Holmes 

We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths, 
In feelings, not in figures on a dial. 

We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives 
Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. 
Life's but a means vmto an end; that end 
Beeinning, means, and end to all things — God. 

^^ ^ Philip James Bailey 



MEASURES TAKEN FOR THE 
PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK 



FOLLOWING the Celebration it was easily seen that something 
should be done towards placing the details of the affair upon 
permanent record, in book form. Henry S. Gere, editor of the 

Hampshire Gazette, saw this as strongly as any one, and, as will be 

seen, by words from his pen, printed elsewhere under the heading, 

"Comments of the Press," 
he made it plain what was 
wanted — "a complete rec- 
ord of everything that 
was said and done" in 
Northampton, on the 
memorable days of June 
5, 6, and 7, 1904. The 
general public, too, made 
it manifest that a printed 
memorial volume would 
be appreciated, and the 
Executive and Finance 
Committee, after settling 
the accounts of the Cele- 
l;)ration, appointed the fol- 
lowing named committee 
for the publication of a 
1)Ook: L. Clark Seelye, 
Henry S. Gere, Egbert L 
Clapp, Chauncey H. Pierce 
and Charles F. Warner. 

President Seelye felt 
obliged to decline to serve, 
on account of his college 
duties, and the other mem- 
bers of the committee met 
at the City Hall, Friday 

evening, July 22, 1904. They organized with the choice of Henry S. 

Gere as chairman and Charles F. Warner as secretary. Mr. Warner 




H E N R \ S (t K R K 

Sixty Years in Newspaper work in Northampton — Oldest Editor 
in New England — Earliest Promoter of this Book 



NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 



501 




was chosen as compiler and 
editor of the book, with a nom- 
inal compensation, and it was 
voted to apply to the City Coun- 
cil for formal authority and an 
appropriation, to start the en- 
teri)rise. Here again Mr. Gere's 
interest and ex])erience were 
enlisted, in a vote that he pre- 
sent a statement, in behalf of 
the committee, to the City 
Council, showing what was re- 
quired. Mr. Gere, then, with 
some memloers of the Execu- 
tive and Finance Committee of 



«S 



Mr. AM) Mrs. Henry S. Gere— 1850 
From an old diguevreotype, taken by " Jerry" Wells 



the Celebration, appeared before the City Council, 

stated the case, and an appropriation of $5°° 

was granted to start the work of pubhcation. 

Subsequently Mr. Gere went before the City C^oun- 

cil again, at the request of the Pubhcation Com- 
mittee and obtained an additional appropriation 

of $500, which gave the committee confidence to 

proceed further. 

The secretary was then engaged to canvass 

for subscriptions for the book, and his efforts, 
with one hundred and twenty-five mail orders 
previously received, m response to circulars, re- 
sulted ma net total of about 650 advance sub- 
scriptions, upon the announcement of which t^ic^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ 
committee felt encouraged to go torwarQ, anu • ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^_^^.^^^^_ .^^ Northamp- 
Gere was requested, by vote, to join Mr. Warner 




502 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



in bringing the work of publication to as early and satisfactory a 
conclusion as possible. 

The result is seen in the ])resent volume, which might have been 
bettered had Messrs. Gere and Warner been able to impress the au- 
thorities, before the Celebration, with the importance of action towards 
publication before the event. A considerable number of pictures 
might then have been obtained which could not later be produced, 
and in several ways the cost of publication could have been lessened ; 
but the Committee on Publication consider it fortunate that they 
have been able to obtain the material they did, under such adverse 
conditions, and the Introduction, in the early part of this work, 
expi esses their obligations to those who assisted them. 



r PJ^ O SMITH COLLEGE PROFESSORS 





Prof. Henry M. Tyler 

Dean of the College Faculty. Twenty-eight 
years in service 



Prof. John T. Stoddard 

Lineal Descendant of Rev. Solomon Stoddard, 
Second Minister of Northampton 




ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP 

Then for the first, 
My eye and spirit that had drunk the whole 
Wide vision, grew discriminate, and traced 
The crystal river pouring from the North 
Its twinkling tide, and winding down the vale. 
Till, doubling in a serpent coil, it paused 
Before the chasm that parts the frontal spurs 
Of Tom and Hoi yoke; then in wreathing light 
Sped the swart rocks, and sought the misty South, 
Across the meadows — carpets for the gods, 
Woven of ripening rye and greening maize 
And rosy clover blooms, and spotted o'er 
With the black shadows of the feathery elms — 
Northampton rose, half hidden in her trees. 
Lifted above the level of the fields, 
As noiseless as a picture. 

From '' KathriJia" 
Bv JosiAH Gilbert Holland 



Hills draw like heaven. 
And stronger sometimes, holding out the hand 
To pull you from the vile flats up to them. 

Elizabeth Barrett Browning 



In the inonntaius did he feel his faith 
All things, responsive to the ivnting. there 
Breathed immortality. 

There littleness was not; the least of tlungs 
Seem'd infinite; and there his spirit shaped 
Her prospects; nor did he believe — 
He saw. 

WordsWorth 



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THE PRESS HAD TO SAY 


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IJ^ E CELEBRATE 



2lnte=Celebration JEDltortal (n tbe IWortbampton Dail^ IbcralO 

WHAT moves great masses of men to come together and 
rejoice, at intervals of time, upon the completion of soine 
great project, or the attainment of great age? 

This is a question of more than psychological impor- 
tance. 

There are those who care nothing for such occasions; there are 
a few who would pass them by with indifferent eye, and leave them 
unnoticed, so far as they are concerned, in the annals of the race, but 
such men are rare; absorbed in sordid speculation and selfish desires, 
they would hold aloof from any demonstration of the nobler emotions, 
— if, indeed, they have such — when the least item of pecuniary ex- 
pense is to be incurred thereby. Such men, it would seem, must be 
of the class whom Shakespeare so well described, as having no music 
in their souls, and being fit for "treason, stratagem and spoils." 

Such times of public rejoicing as mark the present attainment 
of our Quarter-Millennial Anniversary as a corporation, a body politic, 
are undoubtedly inspired by that "touch of nature which makes the 
whole world kin," and men rejoice and exult on such occasions because 
they are happy and proud of a worthy accomplishment — an accom- 
plishment, perhaps, in which they may have had a little share, accord- 
ing to the degree in which they have been useful in their day and gener- 
ation, to their kindred, their neighborhood, the town, state, nation 
or the world. Each one, then, has a part, in times of general rejoicing, 
and who is to be pitied so much as the m.an who, condemned by the 
judgment of his fellow-men, languishes behind prison walls, or stands 
without, in fear of them? So that a conscious rectitude of life is 
necessary to complete enjoyment of a great celebration by humanity. 

But, it may be asked, why celebrate in so noisy a fashion? Why 
not build a monument, open a public park, and mark the event in a 
"more dignified way?" Because men are but children of a larger 
growth, and their exultation of feeling must have natural vent. After 
the shouting and parade have passed, then it is time, perhaps, to talk 
about a more material commemoration. Let nature have its course. 
It was the dignified John Adams, who said, as he surveyed the accom- 
plishment of our country's independence: "The Fourth of July ought 
to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, 
guns, bells, bonfiies and illuminations, from one end of this continent 
to the other, from this time forward, forevermore, that the people 
may not foiget this priceless heritage." And the bells have rung, 
and the cannon have annually been fired, more or less, ever since, in 








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patriotic communities. What would John Adams not say now, if 
he were Hving, and could survey the accomplishments of one hundred 
or two hundred and fifty years? 

Northampton celebrates because the charter of her liberties comes 
from no king or queen, but from the sacrifices of most worthy ancestors. 
She surveys the accomplishments of the town and city corporation 
for two hundred and fifty years, and finds not a stain upon her name. 
Other towns and states have repudiated honest debts, but North- 
ampton has always paid hers in full, with interest. 

A long line of illustrious sons and daughters have been given to 
the world; governors, councilors, heads of various departments of state, 
senators, generals, judges of all courts, diplomats, professors, renowned 
musicians, doctors, lawyers, clergymen, theologians and litterateurs. 
Northampton's sacrifices in all wars have given her as honorable a 
place in the roll of fame as any city in the land. Her beneficences, 
and the manner of their administration, year after year, have proven 
the integrity and trustworthiness of those who have had these charities 
in care and keeping. So far as is known, no embezzlers or traitors 
were born here. Neither has the brand of Cain followed any of her 
natives. 

Her sons and daughters who went out into the wide world — many 
of them able to be with us today — have been advantaged by the good 
character and training produced by the best home influences. If 
they are making a noble impress upon the life of other communities 
it is largely because of the influence of their early life here. For this, 




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therefore, we have to be thankful today — that Northampton has pro- 
duced so much good moral influence and force in the world. The bad 
is very small in comparison with it. 

Much more might be said, if one were to detail the various religious, 
charitable and educational benefactions which make our city notable, 
but these features show for themselves and we may well content our- 
selves with pointing to them with pride. They cannot fail to attract 
the attention of the world, and show why, with our great municipal 
age, we rejoice and exult over the present attainments. 

When this Celebration shall have passed into history, its moral 
teachings will have been more fully realized. The inspired writer 
who declared that "A good name is rather to be chosen than great 
riches" was speaking only of what everybody ought to know, but yet 
that which people are constantly forgetting. It will be found, after 
our period of rejoicing has passed, that the money spent was profitably 
employed, from something more than a pecuniary point of view. The 
passionate, wearisome and exhausting chase after material satisfaction 
and aggrandizement will have been interrupted for a better satisfac- 
tion of spirit and soul. We shall become imbued with nobler ideals 
for the city and state. We shall approach nearer that time when 
few shall stand for selfishness, and nearly all will uphold the ideal state — ■ 
when the rich man will help the poor man and the poor man love the 
great. The mad race after wealth and power may go on, but most 
of us will think of something better and strive for something nobler. 




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Could the fathers of old be with us, in body, as they may^^be in 
spirit, today, they must have the deepest satisfaction in the develop- 
ment of their chosen site for a dwelling place. It only remains for 
their descendants to cherish their ideals, live as closely as they can to 
them, and those influences which have made Northampton so notable 
today will continue to bear as rich and even richer fruit in her children 
and children's children of the greater Northampton now in prospective. 

NortJiampton Daily Herald, June 4, 1904. 



A VIEW ON THE EVE OF CELEBRATION 



$xov\\ tbe local Sun<?av ILcttcr to tbe SprhuifielJ) IRcpublican 

It is a secure past and a proud one. Notable have been the men 
and women who best represent old Northampton, and true and fine their 
culture. Worth and dignity and grace of character have never been 
better exemplified than in this old town of the Connecticut valley, 
whether we look to Eastern Massachusetts, to New Hampshire, to 
Virginia, or anywhere else on American soil. This is not the language 
of compliment, not a mere expression of the fond partiality of the 
author of Northampton's being, but the precise record of fact. 




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Main Street, as it is Today 



It is'not easy to conceive of a lovelier spectacle of holiday inter- 
est and flutter, of serene beauty and stately composure, amid surround- 
ings refined and gracious, than the one city in Hampshire county 
presents today as her festival week auspiciously opens. To belong to 
an old family of Northampton is to be honored, and people so allied 
will flock thither in numbers to tax the hospitality and accommo- 
dations of the place. It will be the finest sort of an "Old Home Week." 
Still will there be place and interest for those not of Northampton 
lineage. If the old is to be most glorified, the present is worth con- 
sidering and talking about and enjoying. The representative who 
has come from Northampton in England will discover that in the North- 
ampton of today he is seeing such perfection of civilization as the 
United States has got to show. In libraries, in its college, schools, 
social life and beauty of environment, he will be enjoying rural Massa- 
chusetts quite at her best. By topping off with Boston, New York, 
Washington and the St. Louis Exposition, this Englishman ought to 
be qualified to write a book about us — at least as well as others of 
his countrymen have been. 

Much has been and will be said of the men of unusual abilities 
who contributed to make Northampton, but they wrought upon the 
sure foundation of the humbler men, who were faithful in smaller but 
mighty influential things. Let not these be forgotten, nor the women 
and children making up the families and homes, the village life so 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 509 

delightful in Northampton, and in its highest social expressions dis- 
tinguished far beyond the vicinage. The flavor of New England's 
best is still retained in Northampton, as in Pittsfield and Greenfield. 
The centering of county interests, and particularh^ of the courts, in 
these shire towns, has brought to the three places an abiding intel- 
lectual life higher and better than is manifest in centers of population 
more ptirely commercial. It is not entirely fancy which ascribes to 
them a keener and finer differentiation of values, a broader and more 
unvexed outlook, a more genuine satisfaction, in those things which 
contribute to the enduring satisfaction of life. Much of the best young 
blood of all three places finds scope for success and usefulness at home. 
Thus this historically important year of 1904 displays for inspection 
a city of 18,000 inhabitants, comely by nature, as of old, but richly 
equipped with varied industries, yet practicing agriculture as afore- 
time in its famous fertile meadows. Learning has her seat there in 
Smith College, guided still by her first and much-beloved president, 
and in other worthy educational institutions. Churches and philan- 
thropic agencies have multiplied, and clubs, and the variety of social 
organizations that belong to a modern city, are Northampton's in 
more than the ordinary measure. How greatly have the spanning 
250 years enlarged the stern and simple life of the pioneers! 

In the flood of work attending the preparations for an adequate 
and fitting recognition of the Quarter-Millennial, petty differences have 
been forgotten, the machinery of a big Celebration is in motion and 
the day is here. The city has during the week blossomed forth in a 
wealth of color — there are decorations everywhere, and over and rotmd 
about is Nature's matchless green, so rich and fresh after the generous 
rains. The letters from absent sons and daughters, written in response 
to invitations received, have abounded in love and loyalty for the 
mother town, and the publication of these in the local papers must 
have stirred present residents to a deeper sense of the meaning of the 
observance which local pride has prompted. The presence of a rep- 
resentative of the English Northampton is so fitting that one wonders 
why Springfield did not think, when she observed her 250th anniver- 
sary, to have the English Springfield represented. Alderman Cam- 
pion comes from a city of over 60,000 inhabitants, the capital of North- 
amptonshire, itself historic as the place where the Earl of Warwick 
gained a great victory over the Lancastrians in the meadows on the 
banks of the Nene back in 1400. Springfteld Republican. 



The citv of Northampton proved last week that it graduated long 
ago from the provincial class by the way it handled its 250th anni- 
versary. It was not alone the excellence of the three-days' program 
which 'made the Celebration a triumph, but the completeness of ar- 
rangements which permitted the events to take place without blunders 



510 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

or confusion. Plans were laid weeks in advance for the city's birthday 
anniversary and there was a wide provision made for all the minute 
details which really determine the success or failure of an affair of 
that sort. There were committees and sub-committees and each 
man or woman on these committees was held strictly responsible for 
certain things. All worked with enthusiasm and heartiness and a 
keen sense of their responsibilities. As a result the Celebration was 
marked by some features which are sadly lacking on most occasions 
of this sort. Visitors were cordially received and directed all around 
the city, and the arrangements were such that guests felt no embarrass- 
ment in asking questions. 

Buildings were labeled, programs were plentiful, and there was 
courtesy everywhere. The merchants added dignity to the occasion 
by closing their stores, showing that their regard for their city was 
stronger than any commercial consideration. So far as possible the 
events began on time and the exercises were of just the proper length. 
The three-days' program was well balanced and everybody was wel- 
come to attend all that was going on. There was no exclusive function 
to which only a select few were invited, but the entire body of citizens 
of Northampton took part in the entire Celebration and gave the free- 
dom of the city to the hundreds of guests. 

The arrangements for the press were the best possible. Realiz- 
ing that the newspaper men had an arduous and nerve-wearing task, 
a suitable place in the center of the city was fitted up as headquarters 
for them, and there was placed all the paraphernalia of a newspaper 
office. The cordial and helpful spirit which the members of the 
committee showed toward the reporters was deeply appreciated by 
the press and aided materially in the work of writing adequate and 
accurate reports of the Celebration. The unfortunate habit of think- 
ing of the press and then giving it only a half thought, was noticeably 
absent in Northampton, and the little city is in a position to instruct 
many larger cities in this respect. 

The success of the affair lay in the fact that no detail was too 
small to receive careful attention and that each citizen did the work 
apportioned for him to do. Springfield Union. 



Northampton's remarkably successful Celebration of its 250th 
anniversary the past week claimed the interest of the whole state and 
the particular attention of this valley, for, as we pointed out last week 
it was an event of much local significance, by reason of the settlement 
of the town by men from Springfield, aside from that common bond 
of neighborly interest which prompts the friendly hand-clasp on occa- 
sions like this. The old town has dispelled any illusion that North- 
ampton "was rather slow," and few of the many anniversary visitors 
had full appreciation of the magnitude of the Celebration program, 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 511 



despite the large publicity given the plans in advance. And when 
each succeeding day unfolded its wealth of appropriate exercises, 
following each other in orderly sequence, and with unusual prompt- 
ness, surprise was generally expressed that so much could be accom- 
plished There was good judgment and excellent taste in it all, and 
contemplation of the Celebration can bring no regrets. It has been 
a good investment for Northampton, and the early critics of the Cele- 
bration plan, as outlined, find but few supporters now that it is over. 

Springfield Republican. 



The Spring-field Republican, in its Sunday issue of June 12th, m 
summing up the general character and effect of the Celebration, con- 
tained the following paragraph : 

The city was particularly fortunate in its guests. Governor Bates 
did not come to make an inspection or a speech, but to make a visit 
He was in town three days, and hundreds of the citizens met him and 
were charmed with his frank and cordial manner and attractive per- 
sonality The Governor and Mrs. Bates were guests of Councilor 
and Mrs Richard W. Irwin at their pleasant home on Henshaw avenue. 
Ex-Gov Tohn D. Long came to Northampton vSunday. He was the 
guest of Oscar Edwards and attended the First Church, where many 
people met him after the service. It was, indeed, as so frequently 
remarked during the Celebration, a fine and appropriate thing to have 
a representative from Old Northampton m England present, but there 
was much more to the visit of Alderman S. S. Campion than the fact 
of his mission alone. There was the fact that he was the right man 
in the right place. Alderman Campion proved to be a happy ant 
effective speaker, an alert and keenly interested ob^%^^['/p^;^^r;^5^"J^^ 
and compamonable man. He was not only a guest of the Celebration 
but, like the two Governors, became an important part of it, and made 
friends at every turn, both by his public addresses and by his social 
qu"i?fes. Ne J Northampton is indebted to Old Northampton not o^^ 
for sending a man, but for sending the man they did. A man jho 
could not make a speech might have had as much good will m hi hear 
as Mr. Campion did, but the fact could not have been so promptly and 
agreeably made manifest. 



The absence of Governor Bates Monday from the state house, 
while the 'Ancients" were holding their annual election and while 
The fight ovfr the proposed Sunda? law was at its height was due, 
of co£e to umisual causes. For even in a Commonwealth as ven^ 
eraWe as Massachusetts, it is not every day that a community can 



512 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

hold a 250th anniversary. Indeed, the ancient city itself, from which 
it was so hard to coax an appropriation big enough to meet the neces- 
sary bills, had perhaps a less imposing notion of the greatness of the 
ceremony than some of the visitors had. A stretch of 250 years, or 
nearly eight generations, covers almost the whole history of this part 
of the world, since the settlement of whites grew strong enough to 
make history. It includes everything except the very earliest battles 
of the white settlers to make a New England better than the Old. The 
frightful struggles with the lurking Indians, the trouble with the French; 
the rebellion of the colony ; the glorious history of the century so lately 
ended; these have a historical value that make the Northampton 
jubilee a wonderful thing, Boston Advertiser. 



All Massachusetts is interested in Northampton, the same as it 
is interested in every other city and town, old or young, within its 
confines. This year there have been a number of celebrations among 
the older settlements, and in every instance that place has shown that 
it was not only advanced in years, but also advanced in wisdom and 
up-to-dateness. Northampton is going to do the same thing. To 
almost every man it will be recalled as a place where education can 
be had along the most approved lines. It can also be recalled as a 
business and agricultural community that can compete with any others 
in the Commonwealth. It is a place of which the state is proud, for it 
is on such communities that the state founds its claim to leadership 
among the commonwealths that make up this nation and that give it a 
leading place among the nations of the earth. Worcester Telegram. 



There was a big crowd out on the streets at Northampton last 
night, but not such a crowd as a city like Holyoke would have out. 
Such music and such beautiful decorations would pack the streets of 
Holyoke. But perhaps the people of Northampton are having such 
a glorious three days of it that they are not inclined to go out in 
admiration every night. It should be said that the money raised 
for the anniversary has been most wisely spent. 

The street and building decorations in Northampton, for the 
anniversary, have never been approached in Hampshire county. Those 
who during the past three days have stood near the City Hall and 
looked up towards Smith College, or down the hill to Bridge street, 
never will forget the beauty of the scene. Without exception every 
building is handsomely decorated, while at frequent intervals long 
lines of flags are stretched across the street. The trolley poles have 
been decorated, the decorations going two beyond the usual ones in 
Holyoke. Here a flag is hung from the poles. There is the flag and 
also a long line of bunting which reaches nearly to the ground, and 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 513 



between that and the flag a half rosette of bunting, making an elaborate 
decoration, which knocks out all the decorations Holyokc has been 
used to seeing. 

The news]japer guests of Xorthanijiton the past three dax's have 
l)een treated royally, as becomes the generous men of that citw The 
committee has done everything to make it ])leasant and jn-ofitaljle 
for them, even to jtrovicfing credential cards from the Mavor and 
City Marshal, giving them the freedom of the city. 

Holyokc Transcript. 



The culmination of the Northampton Celeliration was all that 
could be desired, and the old town can properly congratulate itself. 
Favored in weather, although the sun did not shine at all hours of the 
day, the ambitious program was carried out in all its detail, and the 
visitors, who came in am|)le numbers, w^ere well entertained. Beau- 
tiful was the scene on Main street yesterday morning, when, between 
the gayly-decorated buildings, moved the great parade, for the success 
of wdiich Northampton and its daughter towns have worked so hard. 
It passed all too soon for the onlooker to fully appreciate its dignitv, 
ingenuity and completeness — the mounted officials, handsome car- 
riages, floats and automobiles, the uniformed ranks of marching men 
of the Grand Army, Spanish war veterans, militia and fraternal organ- 
izations — all hnallv passing in review liefore the Governor, his Coun- 
cil, the city and cfninty officials, and the guests of the dav. 

Spriiii^ficld Republican. 



With a gorgeous parade, a banciuet, and a blaze of fireworks North- 
ani]jt()n l)rought to a close a Celebration which has been a grand tri- 
umph from start to finish, and has been warmly praised by the many 
visitors to the citv. It was the earnest desire of the citizens to make 
the town's observance of its 250th birthday an occasion to be remem- 
bered, an event which might be handed dowm with pride to posterity, 
and these citizens succeeded admirably. 

If there is anv city in the country which is planning for a parade 
of anv sort it would be wise to go to Northampton for points. The 
parade this morning was a grand success. It was beautiful, smart, 
clever and original, and the streets were packed to witness it. 

Springfield Union. 



That much careful thought went into Northampton's Celebration 
is evinced Ijv its outcome of beautiful decorations, brilliant il'umina- 
tions, its interesting and artistic parade, its museum of historical an- 
ticiuities, its tuneful music, its burst of brightness at the close in the 
fireworks and the reception at the City Hall, which in different ways 



514 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

were equally brilliant, and in the eloquent and gifted speakers who 
graced the occasion with their presence. Northampton's interests 
have rested from the first on church and school, and it was peculiarly 
fitting that this Celebration should begin with the church services on 
Sunday, and that the address of welcome should be pronounced by 
the head of one of the country's greatest educational institutions. 
Northampton has done well. She has worthily celebrated a worthy 
beginning and pointed her way toward a forceful life, always on the 
side of right, in the future. Easthampton A' civs. 



Northampton, the home of so much that is good and true, and 
beautiful in nature, art, ethics and glorious achieveinent, is open to 
the hearty congratulations of her sister municipalities, upon the mag- 
nificent (big word, but none too big to express it) success of the 
Celebration of her 250th anniversary, which culminated in a flood of 
pyrotechnics Tuesday night. The oratory, the decorations, the street 
pageant, and last, but not least, the open arms of motherly interest 
with which she encircled her sons and daughters, and bade them wel- 
come, thrice welcome, to the ancestral and revered hearthstones, were 
all illustrations of the maternal and fraternal spirit of the occasion. 
Long live old Northampton! May her enviable record, lich with the 
treasures of an eventful past, be but the earnest of what is to come, 
as cycle follows cycle into the great unknown. A more tempting and 
edifying intellectual and musical feast was never spread before the 
"River Gods" and their numerous descendants than was provided for 
this memorable occasion. To partake of this soul-inspiring feast was 
the privilege of a lifetime. Wcstficld Nezvs Letter. 



Northampton is being generally congratulated on the magnificent 
success of its 250th Anniversary Celebration. -The Governor brings 
back word that he was amazed by its beauty. It was a triumph so- 
ciallv, artisticallv and intellectually. Boston Herald. 



It is no exaggeration to say that the influence of Northampton, 
both religiously and educationally, has extended not only through the 
United States, but to the uttermost parts of the earth. 

Manchester (N. H.) Union. 



The city of Northampton has celebrated the 250th anniversary 
of its first settlement. The Celebration was in all its features worthy 
of the city of today, worthy of its best traditions, worthy of the im- 
portance of the occasion. It has established a new date in city history, 
and furnished food for remembrances which will remain with those 
who participated in it while life lasts. It took them a long time to 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 515 



get together, but when it was once settled that there was to bo a Cele- 
bration all elasses joined hands and started in to make it one of which 
the city might be proud. The eity was fortunate in having as chair- 
men of the various committees men who were ready to work themselves 
and who possessed the faculty of getting others to work with them. 
An immense amount of work was accomplished, with results which 
must be highh- gratif\'ing to all concerned. Anilicrsl Kcconl. 



If there was anything lacking in Northampton's Celebration of 
her important birthday, it was not apparent to the outsider. It was 
only the promoters who could discover the vacant places, the might- 
have-beens, and it is quite likely that they forget them now, in review 
of the brilhant success of the affair. If less money was expended than 
might have been, it is certain that what was used was well applied. 
The s])ectacular possibilities were not neglected, but there is ])articu- 
lar cause for congratulation that the substantials were given hrst 
thought, the speeches, the music and the social home greeting. 

Greenfield Reeorder. 



A little act of courtes}- during the Northampton parade was much 
a|jpreciated by the many Holyokers who witnessed it. Lieutenant 
Stxllivan, at the head of a squad of Holyoke police, drew up in front 
of the court-house, for duty. The Northampton chief came along 
in his automobile. He got out and gave up his place to Lieutenant 
Sullivan, he going on foot. It was that way all through the Celebra- 
tion. The Northampton people first looked after the comfort of the 
visitors. Holyoke Trauseript. 



Northamjiton's Main street, for three nights, was a dream of 
beauty. What possibilities of decoration the incandescent light has 
opened up ! How lame the older forms of night decoration are was 
well shown at Northampton, and it will indeed be years before the 
beauty of the city on these festive nights is outshone in this part of 
the countrv, and as good taste never outlaws, it will never be recalled 
except as a triumjjh. (ireeufield Reeorder. 



Quite a large numl^er from this town attended the Northampton 
Celebration, nearly fifty going over on Tuesday. They were much 
pleased with the excellent decorations, etc., and were given a ro3^al 
welcome in the Meadow City. The parade was particularly fine. 
Northampton is to be congratulated on the success of its 250th ob- 
servance, and Ware, the next largest place in the county, extends its 
greeting and best wishes for its future. Ware River Neves. 



516 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



The good old country town — the city of Northampton — seems 
to have carried out one of its most successful of old-home week Celebra- 
tions. One good feature of the Celebration was that it was not 
dragged out to a weary length. On Sunday, the first day, the religious 
exercises were attended to, and the more secular matters were amply 
carried out on Monday and Tuesday, completing the program just before 
the people began to weary of their activities. The affair seems to have 
been carried out in a business way, and it brought enjoyment and 
profit to many people. Pit is field Eagle. 



The city of Northampton has given pleasure to a great many 
Franklin county people by its generous entertainment of this week, 
and there has been a large turnout of our people to do honor to a sister 
town. The guests have been entertained by good music, by a parade 
with many beautiful features, by brilliant decorations, and by thought- 
ful and stimulating oratory that has adequately called attention to 
the real significance of the day. 

Northampton will never be sorry for the time and money it has 
spent to observe this anniversary. The impression has existed, to 
some extent, that this beautiful old city, like many other New Eng- 
land communities, where habits and traditions have been fixed for 
generations, lacked a certain spirit of enterprise. As it takes push 
and energy to get up such an observance, the fact that it is held goes 
far to dispel such an impression. As it is through the constant expan- 
sion of activitv and growth in self-expression, that the individual finds 
himself and comes to a realization of his own powers, so it is through 
some public-spirited effort like this that a town comes to realize its 
strength and the possibilities that lie within its grasp. The more such 
enterprises are carried through to a successful conclusion the easier it 
is to carry on public-spirited activity. Men and women become used 
to good team work, acquire confidence in themselves and each other 
and in their collective ability to do things worth while. So the people 
of Greenfield have found it, in their coaching parades, their Board 
of Trade and other public-spirited activities. Greenfield Gazette. 



The festival music during the Celebration was in lofty tone. When 
Ralph Baldwin graduated from the press to music, the news]:)aper 
world lost a good representative and the world of art gained a good 
director. The vigor of his management is not limited evidently to the 
handling of the baton, however, but extends into organization, and 
his chorus of fifty men was such an one as might well give him pride. 

Greenfield Recorder. 



Northampton is known as the Meadow City, but there isn't any 
grass growing in her streets this week. Holyolic Transeripi. 



A F T E R T H E C E L K B R A T I N 

:!£D(toi(al from 1banu'>i3biic (3a:>cttc 

Too much cannot be said in ])raisc of our s:,n-cat Celebration. It 
has been a splendid success from the bei^inninj^-. Our ])eo])le entered 
into the work of preparation for it with due a])i>reciation of the essen- 
tial thing to be celebrated, and willi a determination to make it a not- 
able success. To their great credit, Ix- it said, they have done their 
part in a very commendable manner, and they mav well l)e congratu- 
lated upon the success of their efTorts. 

The decorations of the public and private buildings have far ex- 
ceeded the most sanguine expectations; they were very handsome, 
many of them elegant, and the memory of them will be a joy forever. 

The Sunday services in the various churches were very appro- 
priate and added greatly to the general interest in the Celebration. 
It was most fortunate that this feature was made a part of the program. 

The leading features of the Celebration were the address of wel- 
come by President Seelye and the oration by Governor Long. These 
were especially fine efforts — apt, felicitous, dignified, eloquent, and 
every way fitting to the occasion. The committee could not have 
made better selections for the performance of these important parts. 

The parade has I'een the much-heralded feature of the Celebra- 
tion and the one in wliich the popular interest has been most centered. 
The address of welcome and the oration appealed to the intellect, 
the parade appealed to the eye. It is not too much to say that the 
parade met every expectation and passed oft" to the entire satisfaction 
of the onlookers. 

The banquet was also a fine success. The speeches were of a 
high order, full of good sentiment and appreciation. 

The illumination of the city was a most fitting part of the Cele- 
bration. It supplemented the decorations most agreeably and gave 
a finish and tone to them which were necessary to completeness. Never 
before was there so beautiful a sight in this city. 

The historical collections were unexpectedly elaborate and inter- 
esting, and added much to the pleasure of the Celebration. 

It was a pleasure to see once more so many of the sons and daugh- 
ters of the town from near and far, and to witness their affection for 
and loyalty to their former residence. 

A unique and pleasant feature of the Celebration was the presence 
here of an official representative of Northampton, in Old England. 
Most happy was the thought that suggested the invitation to the 
mother city, and most fitting was the response. Alderman Campion 
pioved to be just the right man to represent his city. He was a pleas- 
ant gentleman to meet, genial and courteous in his intercourse with our 
people, a quick and keen observer of passing events, abounding in good 
sense, a man of scholarly attainments, and an exceptionally able and 
eloquent public speaker. His visit here will forever be a bright spot in 
the history and memory of our Celebration. 



518 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 

It is cause for congratulation that the plans for the Celebration 
were so well prepared at the start. The men selected for the various 
committees have proved to be very efficient; they entered upon their 
work with zeal and have carried it forward with prvidence, energy 
and completeness. 

The city is to be congratulated upon the success which has at- 
tended its efforts to celebrate this anniversary. The money it has 
expended in this Celebration will prove to be a good investment. The 
town has been well advertised. People who never knew of the town 
have been made acquainted with its history. Its institutions have 
been made known to the people of a large area. Our own people 
have come to learn more of the beautiful history of the town and will 
henceforth have a better appreciation of the rich heritage that is theirs. 
The children of this city have received impressions that will remain 
with them to the end of their lives. Yes, this Celebration will forever 
be a most valuable asset of the town. To make it complete, the record 
should be carefully prepared and published. Everything connected 
with it should be printed in a book — the organization of the commit- 
tees, abstracts of the sermons, the address of welcome, the oration, 
the speeches at the banquet, descriptions of the decorations and illum- 
inations, everything that was said and done. No time should be lost 
in preparing for this publication. The Celebration will not be com- 
plete withotit it. 



Reviewing our three-days' Celebration again, we see nothing to 
regret, but much to commend, in the way it was planned and executed. 
It was not too long, nor vet was it too short. The exercises were all 
appropriate, and nothing could have been omitted without marring 
the general plan. There was not a hitch from beginning to end, every- 
thing seeming to work with the regularity and smoothness of a clock 
in perfect running order. There is entire satisfaction, on the part of 
our citizens, on the part of the former residents who were here to par- 
ticipate in the Celebration, and on the part of the general outside public. 
All are pleased and satisfied, and all are full of praise of the splendid 
manner in which everything passed off. 

Behind the committees who labored so well was the loyal public 
sentiment of the town. It did not fail. Strong in its purpose and 
instant in action, it came nobly to the support of the managers. No- 
where was there a discordant note, nowhere an obstruction. 

Then the conduct of the vast crowd of people was most admirable. 
Here were fifty thousand people congregated and the police had little 
to do but to extend courtesies and aid in the enjoyment of the freedom 
of the citv. There was no disorder or drunkenness. The people 
behaved as they would be expected to do at a Svmday-school picnic. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 519 



This Celebration has been an agreeable success in tliat it has shown 
the loyalty of that portion of our |)eo])le whom we sometimes call 
the "new-comers." It stands to the credit of this class of our \>o]>u- 
lation that they have not been behind the "old set" in helpini^^ on 
the Celebration. The part they took in tlu^ ])arade was sueli as to 
place them well in the front in displaying devotion to the historic 
past, and in all the departments they ac(iuitted themselves in a most 
commendable manner. Race distinctions count for nothing when it 
comes to paying honors to the men and women who laid the founda- 
tions of the great inheritance which all now enjoy with equal freedom. 

Another feature of the Celebration was the liberality of oi)inion 
so freely expressed in the speeches and addresses. No one approved 
of the hard and illiberal doctrines which Jonathan Edwards preached, 
and which were taught here for two hundred years, but all paid high 
tribute to the sincere devotion and unaffected' piety of the people of 
those times. The world has moved forward in thought, in that it 
views with more generosity the questions which troubled our early 
generations. There is no less religion now than formerly, but more 
toleration of differences of opinion. All sects and denominations 
now work in harmony for the jjromotion of the common welfare, both 
here and hereafter. 

Northampton will hereafter be jjrouder than ever of its historv. 
That histor}' is unsur]_)assed by that of any other municipalitv. Beau- 
tiful it is, satisfying to contemplate as a matter of the past, and an 
inspiration for the future. It will stand the test of the closest exam- 
ination, and wherever held up its lustre will never grow dim. 

In this time of "looking backward" we must not overlook the 
great services which were rendered to this town bv the two men who 
have been its historians, Sylvester Judd and James R. Trumbull. 
To these men the town owes a debt it can never repav. Each gave 
a full quarter of a century of labor to the accumulation of historical 
matter, vvithout which this Celebration would have been a hard and 
difficult task. Mr. Judd accumulated valuable material and Mr. 
Trumbull ])Ut it in convenient form for use. The forefathers sowed; 
these men reaped. Long and patiently they labored, with no hope 
or expectation of reward, save in the consciousness of performing a 
great public work that needed to be dr)ne. To their memory and to 
their honor we record this testimony to the great service they per- 
formed with so much care and efficiency and with such imselfish de- 
votion. Great would have l)een their pleasure could they have lived 
to see and to take a part in this great historical Celebration. 

Daily Hanif>sJiir(' Ga-'Cltc. June 9, 1904. 



FINANCIAL EXHIBIT 

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE 
QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



IReceipts 

City appropriation ....... $8500.00 

Cash receipts, viz.: 

Mrs. Martha Strong Harris ..... 100.00 

Northampton Street Railway Co. ... 100.00 

Northampton and Amherst Street Raihvay Co. . . 25.00 
Greenfield, Deerfield and Northampton Street Railway Co. 10.00 

Plumbers' Union, City . . . . . . 25.00 

Alfred Starkweather, Oakland, Cal. .... .30 

Northampton Baseball Association . . . . 78.70 

Banquet Tickets sold . . . . . . 481.00 

Hampshire County . . . . . . 30.00 

Historical Pamphlets sold . . . . . 107.43 

C. H. Bowker & Co. . . . . . . 25.00 

Sundry Receipts received and paid in by Mayor Hallett 303 . 43 



■ S9785.8& 



EipenDiturcB 

Invitations 

Reception and Entertainment 

Monday Morning Exercises 

Children's Parade 

Games and Sports 

Parade and Floats 

Banquet . 

Decorations 

Illuminations 

Music 

Salute and Ringing Bells 

Historical Localities 

Historical Collections 

Transportation 

Printing Programs, Tickets, etc. 

Anniversary Tent 

Press Entertaininent 

Daughters American Revolution 

Contingencies, Executive and Financial Committee 



200 


00 


533 


96 


170 


90 


132 


52 


787 


45 


439 


63 


709 


39 


018 


33 


191 


84 


656 


96 


16 


50 


215 


71 


181 


15 


370 


42 


702 


44 


748 


25 


73 


62 


40 


CO 


4,S4 


99 



.$9644 . o() 



Unexpended balance 



1141 .80 








THE YEARS TO COME 




How many ages hence 

Shall this our lofty scene be acted over, 

In states unborn and accents yet unknown? 

Julius Cesar, Act III, Scene i 



Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, 
Creeps in this petty pace, from day to day. 
To the last syllable of recorded time. 

Shakesi'kare, "Macbeth " 



When Time, who steals our years away, 
Shall steal our pleasures too, 

The mem'ry of the past will stay, 
And half our j'jys renew. 

Thomas Moore 



O ! a wonderful stream is the river Time, 

As it runs through the realm of tears. 
With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme, 
And a broader sweep and a surge sublime. 
As it blends in the ocean of years ! 

Bayard Taylor 



Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul. 
As the swift seasons roll! 
Leave thy low-vaulted yiast ! 

Holmes 



One God, duc law, one clement, 
And one far-off divine exx'Ut, 
To which the wIkjIc creation moves. 
Tennyson 



When the last reader reads no more. 
Holmes 



'i'ill the sun grows cojd 
And the stars are old, 
And the leaves of the judgment l)ook unfold. 

Bayard Taylor: BcJonin Song 



The Lesson of Two Hundred and Kitty Years 

art us firar the concUision of the vohoic matter: Ptav >i?oD, anb 
hccp ^\s ronimanbnicnts; for tins is the ualioir tuitn of man. 

Old Testament 




INDEX 



r () 



T 1^ X r 



Introductiox ...... 

The First Celebration .... 

Two Hundred and Fiftieth Axxiversakv (Tlu' Bc,L;iniiin,y) 
The Petition ....... 

Action Taken in City Council and in Mass Meetinc, 

Preliminary Committee of Arrangements 

First Meeting in City Hall ..... 

Organization of Provisional Co.mmittee 

Report to General Committee .... 

Complete Working Organization .... 

The Invited Guests ...... 

Invitation to Old Northampton, England 

Action Taken by Towns of Easthampton, Southampton 

HAMPTON ....... 

PREPARATiOiNS — Work of till' Various Conimittccs 
Proclamatio.n by the MA^■OR .... 

Chief Marshal's Orders . . . . . _. 

The Decorations .......' 

The Illuminations ...... 

Sermons and Services in the Churches 

Service of Song ....... 

Ringing of Bells and Firing of Salutes 
Exercises in Academy of Music .... 

President Seelye's Address .... 

Ex-Governor Long's Address 
Afternoon Exercises in the Pavilion 

Principal Howard's Address .... 

Remarks of Mr. Cami'iox .... 

The Ball Game ....... 

Open Air Band Concerts ..... 

Poems Contributed ...... 

Concert by Northampto.n Vocal Club 

Reception ........ 

The Parade ........ 

COLLATIO.X AND PoST-PrA N DI A L EXERCISES IX THE PaVILION 

Introductory Remarks by Ji'dge William (t. Bassett 

Address of Welcome by Mayor Hkxrv C. IIallhtt 

Address by Governor Jt)HN L. Bates 

Address by Admiral Francis A. Cook 

Address by Hon. Saml^el S. Campion 

Address by Principal Joseph H. Sawyer 

Address by Rev. Hexry T. Rose, D.I). 

Address by Hon. Frederick H. Gillett 

Address by President L. Clark Seelve, LL.D. 

Address by Col. Joseph B. Parsons 
Letters of Regret ..... 
Colonial Reception .... 

Fireworks ...... 



AND West- 



195' 



■ I 

14 



2g 
.30 



4>^ 

7^> 

77 
81 

9,3 

146 

152 

161 
179 
I So 
1 89 
19.3 
33» 
196 
198 
203 
205 
296 
298 
299 
301 
304 
.305 
313 
316 

3T9 
322 

325 
327 
329 
339 



I 



524 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Historical Localities ... 

Historical Collections .... 

ixcidential events ..... 

Award of Prizes to Floats 

Address of Prof. Hazen ..... 

Meeting of High School Alumni 

Miller Family Reunion ..... 

Public Comfort House ... 

Felicitation upon Freedom from Disorder, Etc. 

List of Visitors to the Celebration 

Measures Taken for the Publication of This Book 

What the Press Had to Say 

Financial Exhibit ..... 



347 
382 

414 

4'7 
421 
421 
429 
432 
450 
500 

504 
520 



PAGES OF SENTIMENT 

Extract from John Boyle O'Reilly's Poem 

Extract from John G. Whittier's Centennial Hymn 

Extract from Holland's "Kathrina" 

Home and Native Land 

The Roll of Fame 

The City's Motto .... 

The Breaking Waves Dashed High 

Northampton the Beautiful 

Northampton as Pictured by one of her Sons 

The Past and Future 

A Portal to all Arts 

Childhood Days .... 

Old Times ..... 

Our Fathers and Our Birthplace 

School Days Recalled 

Mounts Holyoke and Tom 

Our Country ... 

Men, High-Minded Men 

The Country Parson 

The Country Doctor 

The Bench and Bar 

The Old Familiar Faces 

When I Remember All 

To Live in Hearts We Leave Behind 

A Good Name .... 

On the Mountain Top 

The Years to Come 

The Lesson of Two Hundred and Fifty Years 



VI 
VIII 
XVI 

4 

37 

104 

105 
150 
204 
296 
32S 
346 

381 
416 
420 
434 
449 
473 
47S 
4S0 
4S2 
48S 
492 
494 
499 
503 
521 
522 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



P () R 'IR .11 T S 



Noted Men and Benefactors of the Town and City 

(Whose Portraits apjicar jH-i-Cfdint^ llic Sculinicnt-Pa-r, " Ivoll cif 



Allen, Rev. William, D.D 
Bates, Hon. Isaac C. 
Bliss, George 
Clarke, John 
Earle, Dr. Plixv 
Edwards, Rev. Jo.vathan 
Forbes, Charles E. 
Hill, Samuel L. 
Holland, Josiah Gilbert 
JuDD, Sylvester 
Lilly, Alfred T. 
Lyman, Edward H. R. 
Mills, Hon. Elijah Hunt 
Strong, Governor Caleb, LL.D 
Trumbull, James R. 
WiLLisTON, John P. 



36 

30 

2 

18 

XI v 



XV 

20 



26 

34 



22 

6 



Municipal Officers and Celebration Committees 



Board of Aldermen, 1Q04 
Chairmen of Sub-Committees 
Common Council, 1904 
Executive and Finance Committee 
Mayors of Northampton 
Town Committee, Easthampto.v 
Town Committee, Southampton- 
Town Committee, Westhampton 



41 
56 and 57 
42 and 4,^ 



44 
49 



Local Clergy 

Barrett, Rev. S. Allen 
Breaker, Rev. John C. 
Buckingham, Rev. Herbert G. 
Butler, Rev. Willis l\. 
Cobb, Rev. Elisha G. 
Free, Rev. Alfred 
Gallen, Rev. Patrick \\. 
Holmes, Rev. Clement E. 
Kenny, Rev. John 
Kent, Rev. Frederick H. 
LucEY, Rev. Thomas P. 
Powell. Rev. Lyman P. 
Rainville, Rev. Noel 
Reding. Rev. Peter C. 
Rose, Rev. Dr. Henry T. 



136 
I 20 
140 
126 
136 

13'^ 
141 
12S 

130 
122 

144 
I iS 

M3 
M5 
107 



526 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Speakers at Post-Prandial Exercises 

Bassett, Judge William G. 
Bates, Governor John L. 
Campion, Hon. Samuel S. 
Cook, Admiral Francis A. 
Gillett, Hon. Frederick H. 
Hallett, Mayor Henry C. 
Parsons, Col. Joseph B. 
Rose, Rev. Henry T., D.D. 
Sawyer, Principal Joseph H. 
Seelye, President L. Clark, LL.D. 



299 
302 
306 
304 
319 
299 

325 
316 

;:2 2 



Some Participants in the Colonial Ball 

Bigelow, Miss Jane A. 
Cook, Miss Helen G. 
Cook, Miss Isabel A. 
Copeland, Dr. Elmer H. 
Smith, Miss Jeanie D. 



.5 J 

330 



332 
331 



Individual Portraits of Citizens and Others 

Baldwin, Ralph L. ... 

Campion, Hon. Samuel S. 

Carroll, Matthew .... 

Clapp, Egbert I., When He Enlisted 

Clark, Sheriff Jairus E., on Horseback 

Gere, Henry S., as Oldest Editor 

Howard, Principal Edwin C. 

Irwin, Capt. Richard W., on Horseb. 

Johnson, Mrs. Drusilla Hall 

Long, Hon. John D. 

Miller, Elbert H. T. 

Packard, Austin 

Seelye, President L. Clark, LL.D. 

Stoddard, Prof. John T. 

Tyler, Prof. Henry M. 

Wellman, L. Lee 

Williams, Col. Henry L., on Horseback 



199 
189 

225 
501 
205 
500 
179 
207 
223 
161 
421 
223 
154 
502 
502 

209 



INDIVIDUALS IN GROUPS 



A Distinguished Northampton Family 

Josiah D. Whitney 
JosiAH D. Whitney, Jr. 
Ja.mes L. Whitney 



William Dwight Whitney 
Henry M. Whitney 



474 



"They were Honored in Their Generation," etc. 

Hon. Isaac C. Bates and Mrs. Martha Henshaw Bates 
Judge Samuel Henshaw and Mrs. Martha Hunt Henshaw 
Benjamin Tappan and Mrs. Sarah Homes Tappan 



475 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



"A Man Dies, but his Name Remains" 



Timothy Dwuwit 

Mrs. Mary Woolsey Dwiciit 

]\Iajor Josiaii Dwight 



vSamukl IIixckmiY 
Cai't. Samuki. Parsons 



527 



476 



Old Court-House Group 

Joxathax Hunt Butler 
Giles C. Kellogg 
Major Harvey Kirkland 
Judge Joseph Lymax 

A Gx'oup of Old Pastors 

Rev. Michael E. Barry 
Rev. Zachary Eudy, D.D. 
Rev. Gordon Hall, D.D. 



Samuel E. Lyman 
Dr. Da.mel Stebbins 
Solomon Stoddard 
Samuel Wells 



Rev. 
Rev. 



John Todd, D.D. 

"PaYSON WiLLlSTON 



477 



479 



Northampton Doctors of the Past 

Dr. Benjamin Barrett 
Dr. Edward E. Denniston 
Dr. James Dlinlap 
Dr. Sylvester Graham 
Dr. Ebenezer Hunt 



Dr. David Hunt 
Dr. Charles L. Knowlton 
Dr. Gustavus D. Peck 
Dr. Daniel Thompson 



Some of Northampton's Noteworthy Contributions to the Bar 
and Bench ......... 



Judge William Allen 
Osmyn Baker 
Haynes H. Chilson 
Charles Delano 



Judge Charles A. Dewey 
Judge Samuel Howe 
Judge Joseph Lyman 
Judge S.\muel T. Spaulding 



Some of the Respected Older Men of the Past 

Paul StrOxXG 
David B. Whitcomb 
Dea. Eliphalet Williams 



4S3 



484 



Capt. Jonathan Brewster 

Samuel W. Lee 

Josiah Parsons 

Col. Thomas Pomeroy 



Representative Men of Their Times 

Henry Bright 
William Clark 
Lewis J. Dl'dley 
Erastus Hopkins 



485 



Gen. Luke Lym.\n 
Henry Shepherd 
Oliver Warner 



Some Representative Northampton 
the "Great Majority" 

Atkins, James D. 4(^3 

Arnold, William F. . 486 

Bodman, Luther . . 489 

Bond, Henry H. . 490 

Bottum, Samuel A. . 493 

Burleigh, Charles C. . 493 

Butler, Jonathan Hunt . 486 

Carr, Smith . . . 491 



Business Men who have joined 



Childs, Henry 
Clark, Capt. Edwin C. 
Cook, Gen. Benjamin E. 
CoPELAND, Edward P. 
Crafts, David W. 
Crafts, Josephus 
Dikeman, Henry 
French, Marvin ^L 



490 
489 
489 
487 
489 

489 
490 



528 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



Fuller, Stephen B. 
Gaylord, William M. 
Hebert, Joseph 
Herrick, Webster 
Hillyer, Wixthrop 
Hunt, Seth 
KiNGSLEY, Charles B. 
Kingsley, Dea. Daniel 
KiNGSLEY, Prof. George 
Lincoln, Dea. Addison J. 
Longley, Major Henry A. 
Maltby, Lafayette 
Meekins, Dr. Thomas W. 
Otis, Gen. John L. 
Parsons, Capt. Enos 
Parsons, Horace K. 
Pratt, William F. 



493 Ray, George H. 

487 Ross, Austin 

4QI Rust, Theodore 

486 Shepard, Col. George 

487 Smith, Charles 
486 Smith, Silas M. 

4QO Stoddard, Dea. William H 

486 Strong, Sidney 

401 Spaulding, Capt. Mark H. 

4Sq Thayer, Col. Justin 

4S7 Thompson, Dr. Austin W. 

487 Warner, Oliver 
490 Warner, Joseph 
493 Warner, John F. 
489 Williams, Michael 
493 Wiiitcomb, Waldo H. 
487 Wright, Ansel 



493 
493 
487 
489 
490 
486 
489 
487 
491 
486 
487 
490 
491 

493 
491 
491 
490 



Oldest Business Men of Northampton Now Living 



Bond, Judge Daniel W. 
Branch, Robert M. 
Bridgman, Sidney E. 
Clarke, Christopher 
Clark, Merritt 
Cook, Benjamin E. 
Davenport, Dr. Joseph N. 
Davis, Nelson A. 
Demond, J. Howe 
Dickinson, Charles H. 
Dimock, Lucius 
Draper, John L. 
Edwards, Oscar 
Field, Lemuel B. 
Gere, Henry- S. 
Gilfillan, Dr. Thomas 
Grogan, Matthe\v 



498 Haven, Henry B. . . 498 

498 Jones, Dr. Willia.m H. . 496 

495 Kinney, Charles M. 497 

495 Learned, Dr. John B. . 498 

495 Marsh, Joseph . 496 

497 McCallum, Alexander . 496 

497 Parsons, Isaac S. . . 495 

498 Pomeroy, William C. . 497 
497 Porter, Samuel . . 498 
495 Pratt, Charles S. 497 

495 Roberts, Dr. Osmore O. 497 

496 Searle, James H. . . 495 
495 Smith, Watson L. . . 496 

495 Strickland, Judge William P. 496 
4Q5 Todd, William H. . . 496 

496 Williams, Joseph C. . 497 

497 WiLLiSTON, A. Lyman . 496 



Siftu6 of CijrntB anti ©bjccts Conncctcli tuttb tbc Celebration 



Decorated Buildings 

The Court of Honor 

Corner of Main a.nd Masonic Streets 

Forbes Library 

Main Street, from City Hall 

City Hall .... 

First Church and Court-House 

Savings Bank and Court-House 

The Old Bank 

Smith College 

Smith Charities 

Main Street, i^ear Old South 

Hotel Hampton 

South Side of Main Street, corner Pleasant 

Odd Fellows Hall 



80 

82 

83 
84 

85 
86 



90 

91 
92 

93 
94 
95 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



First National Bank and C'ommkrciai, Coi-I-kci: 
CoTRT OF Honor at Nioirr .... 

Lilly Library, Florknce .... 

Parsons Bldik, Florknck .... 



529 



96 

97 
98 

99 



THE PARADE 

(lOYKRNoR Bates, Staff and Ladies 

■\L\RSI1ALS OF THE PaRADE .... 

Marshals and Aids . . ■ • 

The Sheriffs Appear, Headino the Procicssion 

Waiting for the Procession to Appear 

Invited Guests in Carriages 

The Southampton Settlers' Team Comes in View 

Governor Bates and Mrs. Bates in Carriage 

Next the Nonotuck Company's Gorgeous Float 

A Rosebud Garden of Girls 

Some More of Them 

Easthampton's Contribution Comes in Sh 

Old Stage-Coach from Southampton 

Hints of the Horseless Age 

More of the Horseless 

The Decorated Carriages 

The Fire Department 

Looking Down the Street, near City Hai 

The Front of Masonic Temple 

After the Procession had Passed 



101 
206 
208 
210 
212 
214 
220 
221 
222 
224 
226 
228 
229 
230 
231 
232 
236 
238 

239 
240 



Decorated Automobiles 

Bement, Frederick W. :?,i4 

Crooks, Edgar F. . . 234 

Davis, Eugene E. . . 237 

[ager, Frederick G. . 234 



King, Warren M. 
RisLEY, Warren T 
Wood, Edward E., 



233 
233 
234 



Decorated Carriages 

Bailey, Grace 
Clark, Jairus E. 
Clark, Dr. Sidney A. 
Demond, J. Howe 
Field, Horace W. 
Fitts, Charles N. 



218 
216 
219 
218 
217 
216 



FLarlow, Mrs. Charles N. 218 

Haven, Henry B. . 2icS 

Kinney, Charles W. 217 

McCallum, Alexander 216 

Williams, Henry L. 216 



FLOATS 

The First School-House 

The Old "One-Hoss Shay" 

The Colonial Court Float 

Easthampton Town Float 

Hampton Company, Easthampton 

Southampton Settlers' Team ^ . 

Southampton Independent R. R. Co. 

Dairying Float from Westhampton 

One of the Historical Floats (The Perils ot Uui 

Another Historical Float (The Minute Men) 

Another View of the Westhampton Float 



refath 



crs) 



244 
246 
246 

248 
250 
252 

254 
256 
242 
243 

25S 



530 



QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION 



The Manufacturing Floats 

NoNOTUCK Silk Co., Florence 
NoNOTucK Silk Co., Haydenville 
NoNOTucK Silk Co., Leeds 
Belding Bro's Silk Mill 
Florence Manufacturing Co. . 
McCallum's Hosiery Mill 
Hampton Mills, Easthampton 



260 
260 
262 
264 
265 
266 
250 



Society Floats and Displays 

St. Jean Baptiste Society 
Objects on St. Jean Baptiste Float 
St. Jean Baptiste Society 
St. Joseph's Society Float No. i 
St. Joseph's Society Float No. 2 
Same Old Crowd 
Patriarchs Militant 
NoNOTUCK Lodge, Odd Fellows 
St. Joseph's Society 
Sacred Heart Cadets Float 
Court Duvernay, Foresters 
Float of the United German Societies 
Crescent Lodge, Degree of Honor 
Capawonke Tribe, L O. R. M. 
Knights of Columbus 
Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor 
Florence Commandery, U. O. G. S. 
St. Anne's Society 
Court Meadow City, Foresters 
Ancient Order of United Workmen- 
Some Florence Girls Come to Town 
James F. Shannon's Float 



26S 
270 
27 1 
272 
272 
258 
259 
259 
273 
276 
276 
277 
278 
278 
280 
282 
282 
283 
284 
284 
287 
291 



Historical Localities 

Old Church, Court-House, Whitney Building, Park, 1864 

Northampton Center, as it was in 1838 

View of Round Hill and the Stoddard House 

The Jonathan Edwards Meeting-House 

East Corner Main and King Streets, 1855 

Residence of Judge Joseph Lyman 

Warner House 

Old Mansion House 

Edwin Kingsley House and Blacksmith Shop 

Residence of Henry R. Hinckley 

The Jonathan Edwards Elm 

Edwards Church and Hunt House 

The Great Elm Tree 

The Lewis Parsons House 

Old Clarke Block 

Old Wright House 

The Chauncey E. Parsons House 

Portrait of Isaac Gere 

Portrait of Jemima (Kingsley) Gere 

Old Town Hall .... 

Residence of Prof. George Kingsley 



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354 
356 
357 
360 
361 
364 
369 
359 
362 
366 
367 
373 
376 
370 
371 
378 
378 
375 
379 



NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 



531 



Historical Collections 



Cane anu Indian War Cluh of C'ai't. Joiix Kin 

Old Portrait of Lafavf;ttk 

Lafayette in Northampton, in 1S25 

Mrs. Isaac C. Bates in Old Ace 

Hiram Ferry .... 

Mrs. Levi Shepherd 

Thomas Shepherd 

Old Pomeroy House 

Round Hill in iSio 

George Bancroft 

Joseph G. Cogswell 

Chair of Caleb Strong 

Jenny Lind and Her Husband 

Old Gothic Seminary 

Madam Rhoda Ed\vari)s n\Yi(;irr 

Exhibition Rooms in Home Culture Clubs' House 



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407 
407 
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Miscellaneous 

Lnvitation to Northampton, England 

Back of Advertising Envelope 

Sketch of Competitive Design 

Official Program 

Northampton Baseball Club 

Northampton Vocal Club 

Southampton Household Relics 

Old Church, Northampton, England 

Old Church, Northampton, England (Interior 

The Minuet — Opening Movements, Etc. 

First Railway Train at Northampton 

Henry S. Gere and Mrs. Gere in 1850 

North Side of Main Street 

South Side of Main Street 



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The F. a. Bassette Company 

Springfield, Mass. 



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